French Catholics to sell property to pay abuse victims
PARIS, France: On Monday, France's Catholic Church announced it will raise funds by selling real estate and even taking out loans, in order to compensate thousands of parishioners sexually abused by priests over the past 70 years.
In October, a major investigation found French clerics sexually abused more than 200,000 children.
France's top bishop, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, said a senior clergy meeting in