The complaints indicate 728 alleged perpetrators including 170 diocesan priests and 208 ordained religious, 234 non-ordained men and women religious, one deacon, 92 laypeople, and 23 people whose state is unknown.
Most abuse was of homosexual nature
According to the data provided by the CEE, the majority of those accused are men (99.4%) and in more than eight out of 10 cases the abuse was of a homosexual nature.
In most cases it is unknown if the perpetrator is alive or dead, but of those cases where it was indicated, 63% are dead.
The report indicates that 80% of the cases occurred before 1990 and that seven out of 10 took place in the 20th century.
The 1970s was the decade with the most cases of abuse.