{"id":845,"date":"2026-04-15T11:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2026\/04\/15\/portuguese-abuse-survivors-blast-bishops-decision-to-cut-compensation-the-pillar\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:53:45","slug":"portuguese-abuse-survivors-blast-bishops-decision-to-cut-compensation-the-pillar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2026\/04\/15\/portuguese-abuse-survivors-blast-bishops-decision-to-cut-compensation-the-pillar\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese abuse survivors blast bishops\u2019 decision to cut compensation &#8211; The Pillar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Captura-de-ecra-2026-04-15-123841.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2911\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I spoke to several victims of clerical sexual abuse in Portugal, and heard them air their grievances over the compensation processes that have just concluded, namely lack of transparency and the fact that bishops cut recommended payouts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillarcatholic.com\/p\/portuguese-abuse-survivors-blast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read the full article here<\/a>, in The Pillar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spoke to several victims of clerical sexual abuse in Portugal, and heard them air their grievances over the compensation processes that have just concluded, namely lack of transparency and the fact that bishops cut recommended payouts. <span class=\"more-tag d-block mt-15\"><a class=\"more-link wp-block-button__link icon-inline\" href=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2026\/04\/15\/portuguese-abuse-survivors-blast-bishops-decision-to-cut-compensation-the-pillar\/\">Continuar a ler<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Portuguese abuse survivors blast bishops\u2019 decision to cut compensation &#8211; The Pillar\"<\/span><\/a><\/span><!-- .more-tag --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193,64,1],"tags":[194,48,44,51,334,67],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abusos-na-igreja","category-artigos-e-comentario-na-imprensa","category-posts-in-english","tag-abuso-sexual","tag-abusos","tag-abusos-sexuais","tag-cep","tag-clerical-sexual-abuse","tag-the-pillar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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