LISBON (Reuters) - At least 4,815 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church over the past 70 years, a commission investigating the issue said in its final report on Monday.
"(We want) to pay a sincere tribute to those who were abuse victims during their childhood and dared to give a voice to silence," said the head of the commission, child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht. "They are much more than a statistic."
(Reporting by Catarina Demony; Editing by Andrei Khalip)
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