Madrid, Spain, Feb 16, 2021 / 14:56 pm
The Archdiocese of Madrid provided support services for 85 victims of abuse in 2020, 75 of them direct victims and 10 who were family members.
The 85 victims received free psychological care and listening sessions offered through the Repara Project for the prevention of abuse and care for victims, launched in January 2020.
Altogether, the Repara Project provided free 400 psychological care and listening sessions in its first year of operation.
"As it's a project open to anyone who has been a victim of abuse, regardless of who the aggressor was and whether or not (those involved) belong to the Catholic Church, of the 75 likely cases of abuse that have come to the Repara Project, 35 involved domestic abuse," the archdiocese stated.
The archdiocese said that 13 of the abuse cases took place in a "secular environment - private individuals unrelated to family life -; 13 in a religious environment – connected to consecrated life -; nine involving priests from the diocese of Madrid, and five priests from other dioceses."