GENEVA
Express (UK)
THE VATICAN has come under pressure from the United Nations to expose and ban all priests who are known and suspected child abusers.
By: Emily Fox
Published: Wed, February 5, 2014
The UN today denounced the Vatican for “systematically’ adopting policies which have allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children for decades.
In a damning report, the United Nations watchdog for children’s rights severely criticised the Holy See for its attitude toward child abusers, homosexuality, contraception and abortion.
Pope Francis had previously vowed to tackle child abuse within the Catholic Church, having set up a commission to fight preistly abuse.
But according to the UN, the commission had yet to go far enough.
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