ROME (ITALY)
SNAP, the Survivors Network (SNAPnetwork.org)
October 5, 2017
Recent cases show epidemic of child pornography and cover-up in the church
Church should be target of global response, not leading it, group says
Today, the world’s largest support group for men and women sexually abused in the Catholic Church is criticizing a Vatican summit aimed at exposing child sexual abuse on the Internet.
“If the Vatican is so dedicated to punishing people who use the internet to exploit children, the first thing they need to do is fix the problem within the church. Then they must punish their own bishops who covered up for men who made, uploaded, viewed or distributed child pornography,” said Barb Dorris, the managing director of SNAP, the Survivors Network (SNAPNetwork.org).
“And there is the obvious: they must turn over Msgr. Carlo Capella to civil authorities in the United States and Canada. Anything less than that is smoke and mirrors,” she said.
Msgr. Carlo Capella is a Vatican diplomat who was recalled to the Vatican last month when U.S. authorities accused him of possession of child pornography. Last week, Canadian officials issued a warrant for his arrest on child pornography charges there.
The three-day Child Dignity in the Digital World Conference concludes October 6, 2017 at the Gregorian University in Rome. The event has brought together world leaders in digital media, according to media reports. However, the epidemic and cover-up of child pornography, SNAP says, is a big problem in the Catholic Church:
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