The University of Zurich's own account, published alongside the pilot study's release on 12 September 2023, of the year long historical investigation into sexual abuse in the Swiss Catholic Church that it conducted at the joint commission of the Swiss Bishops' Conference, KOVOS and RKZ, documenting 1,002 cases, 510 accused and 921 victims since the mid twentieth century.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the commissioning university's own account of its funded academic study, naming the research team, the commissioning bodies and the study's exact figures, corroborated by swissinfo.ch's independent national coverage of the same publication. NotesTier 1: the source for the study's exact case, accused and victim counts, the commissioning bodies and the research team, cross checked against swissinfo.ch's independent reporting on the same publication.
Citation
PublisherUniversity of Zurich
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2023/Sexual-Abuse.html
Source Typeinstitutional announcement
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)
This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 12 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Well-attested
16Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Connected
2Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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