ROME
The Irish Catholic
Michael Kelly
If bishops around the world courageously embrace robust child safeguarding policies the Church can lead the way the Rome conference on abuse has been told.
While the Church has failed dramatically to respond properly to abuse by priests and religious “there are clear signs of progress and hope” according to US-based Msgr Stephen Rossetti who has spent many years treating abusers and working to ensure that policies for dealing with abuse are robust. He told the conference that “an increasing number of bishops from several countries have intervened decisively and effectively when allegations of child sexual abuse have surfaced.”
He said the Church now stands at a crossroads where countries that have experienced the abuse crisis can help other countries ensure that children are protected. “Does each country around the world have to go through this same agonising process?,” he asked.
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