VATICAN CITY
Vatican Insider
Vatican “justice promoter” Mgr. Charles Scicluna who is handling the paedophilia dossier has issued a statement to monthly Pauline magazine “Jesus” announcing that over 50% of Episcopates have implemented the guidelines for preventing paedophilia
Vatican Insider staff
Rome
The Vatican has received the guidelines for combating paedophilia in the clergy – which the Holy See had asked for, for last May – from more than half the world’s national bishops’ conferences.
“Many Episcopates have written up the guidelines and delivered them to the congregation to be examined after the summer,” Scicluna said. “Episcopates which have not yet sent them have been sent a reminder. Leaving Africa – which is a case a part and where ecclesiastical bodies are in difficulty – aside, more than half of the world’s bishops’ conferences have sent their guidelines. These incomplete figures do not give a final picture: let us examine the guidelines we have already received and the others we will look at as they arrive.
The number of responses received from the Anglo-Saxon world is encouraging, but a high number of responses were also noted from Europe, Asia and Latin America. It will take at least a year to evaluate all texts.”
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