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	International Court Gets Request to Probe Church Abuse Cover-up By Martijn van der Starre The Bloomberg September 13, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-13/international-court-gets-request-to-probe-church-abuse-cover-up.html Two advocacy groups asked the prosecutor for The Hague-based International Criminal Court to investigate “high-level” Catholic Church officials for alleged crimes against humanity related to sexual abuse. “The detailed complaint will assert a systematic and widespread practice of concealing rape throughout the world, tolerated and enabled by the Vatican,” according to a statement from Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and the Center for Constitutional Rights, which was posted today on the website of a member of the SNAP network. The Vatican has said that between 2001 and 2009 there were 3,000 accusations of sexual wrongdoing by clergymen, of which 60 percent could be categorized as “same-sex,” while 30 percent were heterosexual. The remaining 10 percent concerned serious claims of abuse of minors. Priests in the U.S. represented 80 percent of those currently under investigation by the church. The Vatican press office declined to comment on the advocacy groups’ request. To contact the reporter on this story: Martijn van der Starre in Amsterdam at vanderstarre@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Angela Cullen at acullen8@bloomberg.net
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