Some victims of sexual abuse in the context of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal “are giving up” on claiming compensation, considering that the Church is trying to defeat them “through tiredness”, a member of the Silenced Heart Association has told Lusa. António Grosso said he was aware of “some people who are no longer willing to go to the evaluation commission, who are going to give up” because they consider that “this is too much hassle, it will never be resolved (…) In fact, when the regulations [of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference (CEP) and the Conference of Religious Institutes of Portugal for awarding financial compensation to victims] came out, some of our contacts said that it was so complicated that we should give up,” he added.
Church abuse victims ‘tired’, giving up on compensation
