GENEVA
NBC News
BY ALEXANDER SMITH
The United Nations heavily criticized the Vatican on Wednesday for what it said was a “systematic” adoption of policies allowing priests to rape and sexually abuse tens of thousands of children.
The devastating report published by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of a Child said the Vatican must “immediately remove” all known or suspected child abusers within the clergy, The Associated Press reported.
The U.N. report also denounced the Holy See for its attitudes toward homosexuality, contraception, and abortion
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