<human>:  How many priests have been accused of sexual abuse?
<bot>: The Catholic Church has been accused of covering up the sexual abuse of over 1,000 priests. In 2018, the Vatican announced that they had created a special commission to investigate all allegations of sexual abuse made against priests in the Catholic Church. The commission has been investigating thousands of cases since then, and has so far concluded that there are likely to be at least 6,000 victims of sexual abuse by priests.