GENEVA
The Tablet (United Kingdom)
16 January 2014 12:54 by Liz Dodd
Vatican officials are appearing today in front of a United Nations inquiry to answer questions about the Holy See’s record on tackling child sex abuse by clergy.
It is the first time that the Vatican has been confronted publicly about the abuse crisis.
Pope Francis’s delegation of five is led by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican’s envoy to the UN, and Bishop Charles Scicluna, the Vatican’s former chief prosecutor of sexual abuse.
The hearing, which marks the conclusion of the UN’s investigation into the Holy See’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which it is a signatory, is taking place in Geneva.
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