VATICAN CITY
Fox News
Published March 20, 2012
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican said Tuesday that archdioceses in Ireland are making an “excellent” progress in efforts to implement norms to protect children in the wake of decades of pedophile priest scandals.
The Vatican released a summary of findings of its yearlong investigation ordered by Pope Benedict XVI after the uproar over widespread child abuse by priests and allegations of cover-ups by the church.
The Vatican said its investigators saw for themselves “how much the shortcomings of the past” caused an inadequate reaction “not least on the part of various bishops and religious superiors.”
It expressed a “great sense of pain and shame” that innocent young people were abused by priests and nuns “while those who should have exercised vigilance often failed to do so effectively.”
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