Papal task force to help revise local abuse guidelines

VATICAN CITY
The Tablet/CNS

March 2, 2020

By Carol Glatz

Pope Francis has set up a task force of qualified experts and canon lawyers to help bishops’ conferences and congregations of men and women religious to draw up or revise guidelines for the protection of minors.

The Vatican will also be releasing, at an “imminent” but unspecified date, a handbook or vademecum prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to help bishops and religious superiors clearly understand their responsibilities and the procedures for handling allegations of abuse.

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