AUSTRIA
Bettrofen
(Vienna, November 18, 2010) A hotline unconnected with the Catholic
Church has been available to victims of Church-related violence since
March 2010. Callers receive initial counseling from clinical
psychologists and legal assistance from lawyers.
The hotline’s report is the first of its kind and reveals a wealth of
facts concerning this dark side of the Church. The extent of abuse has
been documented extensively for the first time in Austria and is now
being published.
1. SUMMARY
In the first ten days of operation alone, 150 individuals contacted the
hotline, and the total has reached 325, 91 women (28%) and 234 men
(72%).
*‐ When the abuse took place: While the majority of cases (59,7%) took place in the 1960s and ’70s,
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