UNITED STATES
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Posted on May 4, 2014 by skipshea
The Vatican’s panel on sexual abuse of children said today that they will come out with “clear and effective” protocols to hold bishops and cardinals responsible if they do not report the crimes of sexual abuse to children. They failed to mention what the protocols would be and who exactly they are supposed to report the crime to, civil authorities or Vatican authorities.
Boston’s own Cardinal Sean O’Malley spoke from the Vatican saying “There is so much ignorance around this topic, so much denial.”
Meanwhile, somewhere else but still within the walls of the Vatican, Rev. Federico Lombardi the Vatican spokesman said that sexual abuse of children isn’t the same as torture in regard to the Vatican’s appearance before the U.N.’s Convention against Torture Committee
According to Josephine McKenna’s story in the Religious News Service: “He urged the U.N. committee, which is holding three weeks of hearings in Geneva, to resist pressure from nongovernmental organizations “with a strong ideological character” that are intent on including the sexual abuse of minors in a discussion about torture. “The extent to which this is deceptive and forced is clear to any unbiased observer,” Lombardi said.”
He feels the Vatican is being victimized by victims rights advocates.
Hey Cardinal Sean, I think I found some of that ignorance you were talking about.
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