GENEVA
The Washington Times
By Meredith Somers-The Washington Times
The Catholic Church needs to provide more transparency and cooperation with external authorities in its efforts to handle cases of sex abuse, a U.N. committee said in a report Friday.
The U.N. Committee Against Torture said that, while the Vatican has taken steps to find and punish abusers, there is still much work to be done to prevent further abuse and protect victims.
The Holy See, the committee said, should take “effective measures to monitor the conduct of individuals under their effective control, to stop and sanction such conduct in any case where they become aware of credible allegations of violations and to take other measures within their control to prevent the commission of subsequent violations by the individuals concerned.”
The report was released Friday, about two weeks after the Vatican appeared before the committee to defend its response to the global sex abuse scandal.
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