GENEVA
Newstalk (Ireland)
The United Nations is criticising The Vatican for adopting policies that allowed priests to rape and molest children. The UN Committee of the Rights of the Child is also demanding all archives be handed over so any culprits can be held to account.
The report was produced following the public questioning of Vatican officials last month.
The month-long investigation examined cases of clerics who have been “involved in the abuse of tens of thousands of children worldwide”.
The Committee has said it is “gravely concerned” that the Vatican has not acknowledged the “extent of crimes committed” regarding historical child abuse.
It said their investigation had shown the Holy See has adopted policies which has led to the continuation of abuse.
Kirsten Sandberg, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, said “It is a horrible thing that has been kept silent…the abuse has been going on and on”.
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