Fast Notes from Un Hearing

City of Angels
February 2, 2014

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(I'm posting this fast transcript I produced fast while the UN hearing today was taking place. Unfortunately, I missed the Vatican's opening statement as links sent out did not work for me. A friend in Australia sent a link that worked. So between a freelance job I was doing, City of Angels Winging It Transcripts provides these fast notes on the UN Hearing on the Rights of the Child that took place today. M is Moderator. Apologies for typos, no time to fix them)

Moral authority. Responsibility

Article 4 of convention of rights of child establishes legal responsibility of parties to adopt all measures to ensure rights respected.

Committee has tried to shed light on number five re implementation.

Need to review domestic legislation.

Ought to be a revision

Question of terminology used

Legitimate and illegitimate children and how viewed in canon law.

Information and training to what extent provided in Catholic schools?

(Shoot, they are not talking about pedophile priests at all.)

Child as a rights holder

Has been said by Holy See rights of child to be seen within context of family. “Obviously in order to be a child you don't just have a family.”

Children have rights over and beyond this, they are rights holders independently over the family.”

According to Holy See sexual abuse is a parental obligation re their children. I would like to emphasize the Holy See defining specific criteria to evaluate and put in place the best interest of the child.

How do you intend to regulate this question of the best interest of the child.

Mr. Cardona above quote.