French Catholic Church to provide clergy with scannable IDs in bid to battle sexual abuse

Rattled by repeated cases of sexual abuse over the years, the French Catholic Church will soon provide digital ID cards with scannable QR codes that will offer colour-coded background information – ranging from green to orange to red – on bishops, priests and deacons. But the new measure is raising eyebrows.      

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230513-french-catholic-church-to-provide-clergy-with-scannable-ids-in-bid-to-battle-sexual-abuse