From the BBC:
Belgian authorities have raided the headquarters of the Belgian Catholic Church during an investigation into child sex abuse claims.
A spokesman for the Brussels prosecutors’ office confirmed that the palace of the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels had been sealed off.
Police have also raided the home of retired Archbishop Godfried Danneels. …A prosecutors’ spokesman told AFP news agency that prosecutors had “been informed of accusations denouncing abuse of minors committed by a certain number of Church figures”.