VATICAN CITY
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The Vatican has described a scathing United Nations report in which the Catholic Church is accused of turning a blind eye to decades of child sex abuse by priests, as “distorted” and “unfair”.
In a written statement the Church reiterated its commitment to defending and protecting the rights of the child and described the UN report as ideologically slanted.
The Vatican’s Ambassador to the UN, Silvano Maria Tomasi added that the Holy See as head of the Vatican City had already changed its procedures and introduced measures which are specifically designed to prevent child sex abuse.
The UN committee which wrote the report, heard first hand witness statements from abuse victims at a grilling of the Vatican delegation in Geneva last month.
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