The Jesuits of Catalonia will start in September to interview victims of sexual abuse

The Society of Jesus in Catalonia and the Roca Junyent regulation agency have begun the method of reviewing instances of alleged abuse and have specified the working methodology with the goal of compiling info on every case.

It will probably be carried out by means of interviews with the victims, which embrace within the description of the info all of the circumstances that enable the authorized evaluation of them by the workplace, the Jesuits have reported in a press release.

The interviews will probably be carried out by a crew of three individuals who haven’t any reference to the Society of Jesus: a girl and two males who’ve expertise within the authorized area and mediation, a few of them within the area of abuse.

The Society of Jesus has assured that it’s going to present the required help to hold out the interviews, which is able to start in September, and may have the target of figuring out the info, considering the questionnaire and the indications outlined by the jurists.

Testimony of educated individuals

In addition to the victims, the testimony of different individuals who have identified of a scenario of abuse and wish to present info can even be collected, in addition to individuals who will probably be requested to collaborate for having been within the establishment through the time period during which the abuses occurred.

A communication has been despatched to these chargeable for establishments recalling the request for the communication of any info concerning potential instances of abuse.

On the opposite hand, the establishment has begun to contact the victims who’ve beforehand gone to the Society of Jesus, to request their collaboration on this course of by agreeing to be interviewed and/or authorizing the knowledge they offered on the time to be transferred to the agency.

He has affirmed that these individuals who denounced their case by means of different establishments will probably be transferred this request for collaboration, requesting the mediation of the establishments with which they contacted.

The Society of Jesus will make accessible to the agency all of the documentation it has, in addition to all the knowledge that the agency requests with a purpose to perform the authorized evaluation, and the alleged instances that occurred within the establishments it has in Catalonia will probably be studied, no matter whether or not the abuses have been dedicated by spiritual or secular individuals.

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