VATICAN CITY
Vatican Radio
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(Vatican Radio) A conference discussing ways to fight and prevent the scourge of child sexual abuse is taking place Wednesday in Paris.
The 2015 Congress organised by the International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE) is bringing together partners, people in the field, representatives from the government, civil society and the media to discuss the question of sexual abuse of children and learn more about its causes and consequences.
Monsignor Robert Oliver, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, which is charged with advising the Holy Father on the protection of children, the prevention of abuse, and the pastoral care of victims of abuse in the Catholic Church, addressed the Congress on Wednesday morning.
He spoke to Lydia O’Kane about his intervention saying, it was about “our Commission the new Pontifical Commission that Pope Francis has put together, to help them to understand our work and in many ways that our work actually is quite parallel to what they’re doing, particularly emphasis on policies and developing guidelines and working with local churches.”
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