GENEVA
London South East
Geneva (Alliance News) – The Holy See’s handling of sex abuse cases has allowed perpetrators in the church to continue their crimes, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child charged Wednesday.
“The committee is gravely concerned that the Holy See has not acknowledged the extent of the crimes committed, has not taken the necessary measures to address cases of child sexual abuse and to protect children, and has adopted policies and practices which have led to the continuation of the abuse,” the UN panel of experts said.
It pointed to the practice of transferring alleged perpetrators to other parishes and a lack of cooperation with national legal authorities.
The Geneva-based committee criticized the Vatican for a lack of transparency in dealing with abuse cases and said in a list of recommendations it made to the Vatican that the findings of the Holy See’s commission on sex crimes, which was set up in December, should be made public.
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