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The Catholic Church must be held to account by a UN human rights watchdog for doing too little to halt and expose paedophile priests, victims of abuse by the clergy said Tuesday.
David Clohessy, director of the US-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), said he had few hopes of a massive shake up by Pope Francis, who since being elected in March has made several pronouncements urging action.
“They can trot out all the impressive policies and procedures and promises they want,” Clohessy said ahead of a meeting with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which is due to examine the Vatican’s record in coming months.
“We’re dealing with a well-established, longstanding, extraordinarily powerful global monarchy, that really has few or any checks and balances on its power,” he told reporters.
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