Catholic church attendees can now anonymously report abuse

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March 18, 2020

By Claudia Contreras

Last year, Pope Francis called for a solution to the ongoing issue of child abuse within Catholic churches across the world.

Now worldwide catholic churches are mandated to use a third-party reporting system in order to hold bishops accountable.

The reporting system was created by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The system is referred to as CBAR, which stands for Catholic Bishops Abuse Reporting Service.

Church attendees can now anonymously report sexual abuse from a bishop online or via phone. This includes holding bishops responsible for trying to interfere with investigations of the alleged abuse.

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