12 cases of pedophilia by priests in Sardinia . The Island is part of the report compiled by the permanent observatory of the Abuse Network and by the international association Eca Global (Ending Clergy Abuse), which in Italy censuses 418 pedophile priests divided into 88 anonymous, 166 reported and 164 convicted, covering an arc timeline of 13 years .
A study, states the document, “produced with the data received by the Associazione Rete L'Abuso and is to be considered as lacking in the real extent of the phenomenon; the reports are collected directly from the reports of the presumed victims ; the data refer solely to priests and do not include related industries (catechists, educators, animators and lay people in general); all the cases counted are attributable solely to sexual abuse of minors".
The report also underlines that it does not have "the aim of providing numbers, but together with these to provide a broader picture of awareness in the absence of government data, explaining why the endemic problem of pedophile priests in Italy is particularly alarming compared to other countries , not only in the European Union area".
Dividing the national territory by ecclesiastical regions, the number of cases of pedophile priests - always adding up anonymous, reported and convicted - sees Lombardy in first place with 69 cases, followed by Veneto with 40, Sicily with 39, Piedmont with 37 and from Campania with 34. Followed by Lazio (29 cases), Puglia and Tuscany (25 each), Liguria (23), Calabria (21), Emilia Romagna (19), Sardinia (12) , Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige and Umbria (8 each), Marche (7), Abruzzo (6), Molise (4), Basilicata and Vatican City (2).
Lastly, the Association points out "a low level of investigations, even if only preventive . Almost systematically cases where only one of the abused minors reports facts which the Judicial Authority then confirms, even if there are several minors present, they do not proceed with investigations into the towards the other potential victims, also for a possible rescue. Basically, he rarely proceeds ex officio".
