[net-gold] RELIGION: CHRISTIAN: CATHOLIC: PRIESTS AND CLERGY : CHILDREN: SEXUAL ABUSE : ORGANIZATIONS: UNITED NATIONS: UN Panel Confronts Vatican on Child Sex Abuse by Clergy
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- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:04:09 -0500 (EST)
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RELIGION: CHRISTIAN: CATHOLIC: PRIESTS :
CHILDREN: SEXUAL ABUSE :
ORGANIZATIONS: UNITED NATIONS:
UN Panel Confronts Vatican on Child Sex Abuse by Clergy
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UN Panel Confronts Vatican on Child Sex Abuse by Clergy
The Vatican is being confronted publicly for the first time over the
sexual abuse of children by clergy, at a UN hearing in Geneva.
16 January 2014 Last updated at 07:14 ET
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25748952
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The Church was asked why it continued to describe such abuse as an offence
against morals rather than a crime against children.
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Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said such crimes could "never be justified" and
every child should be "inviolable".
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A fellow official said "things need to be done differently".
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The Vatican earlier refused a request from the UN's Committee on the
Rights of the Child (CRC) for data on abuse, and was accused of responding
inadequately to abuse allegations.
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Victims say they hope the hearing, which is being broadcast live, will
prompt the Church to end its "secrecy".
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Pope Francis announced last month that a Vatican commission would be set
up to fight sexual abuse of children in the Church.
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The Holy See is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child, a legally binding instrument which commits it to protecting and
nurturing the most vulnerable in society.
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It ratified the convention in 1990 but after an implementation report in
1994 it did not submit any progress reports until 2012, following
revelations of child sex abuse in Europe and beyond.
'No cover-ups'
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Members of the CRC asked about the Church's practice of moving priests
suspected of abuse and allegations that it had concealed such abuse.
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"Does the Holy See believe that paedophilia is something that can be
successfully overcome?" was one question.
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How, the Vatican was asked, did it go about training priests for work with
children? What oversight was in place for Catholic institutions such as
schools, and what plans did it have to collect data on child sex abuse?
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Archbishop Tomasi, who is the Vatican's envoy to the UN, said that it was
important to note that priests were "not functionaries of the Vatican but
citizens of their countries and fall under the jurisdiction of their own
countries".
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His reply appeared to echo the Vatican's reason for refusing to divulge
data, when the CRC asked last year for details of cases from 1995 onwards.
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But Bishop Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's former chief prosecutor of
clerical sexual abuse, said: "The Holy See gets it that there are things
that need to be done differently."
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"It is not the policy of the Holy See to encourage cover-ups," he added
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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