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AlecBGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 09:54 AM
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Vatican makes clear bishops must report sex abuse (AP)
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has for the first time made it clear that bishops and other high-ranking clergy should report clerical sex abuse to police.

The Vatican has insisted that this has long been the Catholic Church's policy. But in a new guide for lay readers posted Monday on its Web site, it made public for the first time an explicit policy of reporting abuse to law-enforcement.

The guidelines read: "Civil law concerning reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed."

That phrase was not included in a draft of the guidelines obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The rest of the guidelines follow previously known and public procedures for handling canonical investigations and trials of suspected abuse.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100412/ap_on_re_eu/eu_church_abuse

Make of this what you will. I hope this taken seriously by those in positions of power in the Church. NOT reporting these incidents is against the law and violates both the spirit of Christianity and the commandments of Christ. Anyone abusing children should be incarcerated. PERIOD. That goes for the enablers as well.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 10:00 AM
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1. *snort*
"The Vatican has insisted that this has long been the Catholic Church's policy."

And yet they didn't follow it before. Why should we expect anything to change? This is nothing but a lame PR move, circling the wagons to defend the corrupt hierarchy.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 10:04 AM
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2. "all the horses are out. Should we lock the barn door now?"
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rrneck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 10:20 AM
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3. From now on or for what they've already done? nt
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