Catholic Church in Poland admits more than 380 children have been sexually abused by members of its clergy since 1990
olish clergy members announced hundreds of abuse cases on Thursday
198 priests had abused children under 15 while 184 had abused older teens
These crimes had been committed from 1990 with the latest recorded in 2018
Pope Francis convened leaders at the Vatican recently over the abuse scandal
Poland's Catholic Church has admitted more than 380 children have been sexually abused by clergy members since 1990.
Church leaders revealed at a press conference in Warsaw that 382 clergy members had abused children, with cases starting in 1990 to halfway through 2018.
Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the primate of Poland, expressed 'pain, shame and the sense of guilt that such situations happened.'
The shocking figures include 198 priests who abused minors under 15 years old and 184 priests who abused those aged between 15 and 18, according to Wojciech Sadlon, the head of the church's Institute of Statistics.
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