VATICAN CITY
Telegraph (UK)
The Vatican may have come in for an unprecedented roasting by the UN committee in Geneva, but don’t hold your breath for concrete action to be taken any time soon, writes Nick Squires
By Nick Squires, Rome 05 Feb 2014
That is not only because the Holy See moves with glacial slowness but because Vatican officials continue to believe that they have already taken adequate measures to address the scourge of child sex abuse by clergy.
They point out that Pope Francis announced in December that he would form a special commission to address the issue, although victims’ groups quickly described the initiative as “meaningless” and “like offering a Band Aid to a cancer patient.”
Vatican officials also insist that the Catholic Church has been unfairly singled out for criticism on the issue.
“Things have changed drastically and most dioceses now have new rules” for dealing with priests suspected of molesting children, a Vatican insider said.
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