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In an exclusive interview with the “Promoter of Justice” at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Gerard O’Connell
Rome
He works at the side of Pope Benedict XVI in dealing with the sexual abuse of minors by priests, evaluates the recent international symposium on this subject and emphasizes that “awareness needs to be translated into practice” in the Church, “and practice needs to be audited”
What is your evaluation of the symposium?
The symposium, organized by the Pontifical Gregorian University, was a truly Catholic experience. We had bishops from all parts of the world, and coming from different points in the experience of the sexual abuse of minors.
We had bishops from the USA and Canada who had already an experience with applying the law as it stands, through three steps: setting the norms and applying them, then doing child protection systems – guidelines and practice, and finally auditing the practices.
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