VATICAN CITY
CNN
From Hada Messia, CNN
updated 7:15 AM EDT, Thu July 11, 2013
Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis has laid down a law making it a crime to abuse children sexually or physically on Vatican grounds, the Holy See announced Thursday.
The acts were already crimes under church law, but are now specifically outlawed within the Vatican city-state, which is home to hundreds of people.
The legislation also covers child prostitution and the creation or possession of child pornography.
But it has a “broader scope,” according to Radio Vatican.
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