VATICAN CITY
Bloombrg Businessweek
By Andrew Frye
February 07, 2014
The Vatican said it was treated unfairly in a child-sex abuse report issued this week by a United Nations panel, while reiterating it will continue to cooperate with the committee for the protection of minors.
“It is typical, in fact, that these organizations don’t want to recognize how much has been done by the Holy See and the Church in recent years in recognizing errors, renewing laws and developing educational and preventative measures,” Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s spokesman, said today in a statement. The Holy See “will continue in its commitment to implement the convention and maintain an open and constructive dialogue.”
The Feb. 5 report, published by the Geneva-based UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, accused the Vatican of enabling sex offenders and protecting its reputation rather than victims, which it said numbered in the tens of thousands. The findings also said children entrusted to the Catholic Church’s care were endangered by beatings, sexuality-based discrimination and a culture that stigmatized reproductive education and health.
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