The Person and the Challenges Volume 12 (2022) Number 1, p. 95–109 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15633/pch.4237 Martina Vintrová Diocesan Tribunal of Plzeň, Czech Republic The University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, Czech Republic The Catholic Church in the Czech Republic and Sexual Abuse of Minors Abstract Te article describes the present the situation in the Church in the Czech Republic in re- lation to the topic of sexual abuse of minors in terms of extension of cases, education in the topic, church documents and measures adopted and prayer initiatives. It also discusses the specifc factors that make it difcult to accept the reality of the existence of sexual abuse of minors by clerics also in the Catholic Church in the territory of the Czech Bishops Conference. Keywords Czech Republic, Catholic Church, Bishops Conference, sexual abuse, minors, priest. In the Czech Republic, there are two Ecclesiastical Provinces and eight latin Dioceses, and one Apostolical Exarchat. In 2020 there were about 1800 priests (including religious),633 male religious and 1048 female religious. Te number of of Sunday Mass visitors were around 375 000 persons. Te Catholic Church is the founder of 95 schools of any grade. Tere are three theological faculties and three major seminaries (one in Rome). 1 1 See https://www.cirkev.cz/cs/dieceze; https://cbk.blob.core.windows.net/cms/ ContentItems/30910_30910/katolicka-cirkev-v-cr-dl-2020-cz-web.pdf (21.01.2022).