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Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800

The head of the Portuguese Bishops Conference, Bishop Jose Ornelas, reads a document during a news conference to comment on the report released hours earlier by the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, set up by Portuguese bishops, in Lisbon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. The Committee says 512 alleged victims have come forward, but their report warned that the true number is likely higher than 4,800. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) The head of the Portuguese Bishops Conference, Bishop Jose Ornelas, reads a document at the start of a news conference to comment on the report released hours earlier by the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, set up by Portuguese bishops, in Lisbon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. The Committee says 512 alleged victims have come forward, but their report warned that the true number is likely higher than 4,800. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) The head of the Portuguese Bishops Conference, Bishop Jose Ornelas, gestures during a news conference to comment on the report released hours earlier by the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, set up by Portuguese bishops, in Lisbon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. The Committee says 512 alleged victims have come forward, but their report warned that the true number is likely higher than 4,800. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) The head of the Portuguese Bishops Conference, Bishop Jose Ornelas, centre, arrives for a news conference to comment on the report released hours earlier by the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, set up by Portuguese bishops, in Lisbon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. The Committee says 512 alleged victims have come forward, but their report warned that the true number is likely higher than 4,800. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) FILE - A Roman Catholic church in Lisbon, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. A committee that has been examining historic child sex abuse in Portuguese Catholic Church says on Monday, Feb. 13 that 512 alleged victims have come forward. Senior Portuguese church officials had previously claimed that only a handful of cases had occurred. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, file)
Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800