Pope Issues New Rules on Child Abuse Reporting

[Sequoia]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/world/europe/pope-francis-abuse-catholic-church.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/europe/pope-abuse-rules-intl/index.html

 

This about reporting within the Church, not to secular authorities.  

Edited July 18, 2019 by JW2017

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 I wonder if they will abide these rules that was made by a male who wears a dress most of the time?

[BenJepthah]

“No one in leadership is above the law,” said Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, a leading church authority on responding to sexual abuse cases. “There is no immunity.”

      And that , if authoritative, would make the it the responsibility of Clergy to report accused  Clergy to secular authorities where the Law requires. 

[Bob]

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The new law does not universally require church officials to report abuse accusations to the police and prosecutors, a decision that was immediately criticized by abuse survivors and their advocates. Vatican officials have argued that a global requirement to report to civil authorities would, in some places, result in victims being ostracized or priests being persecuted. However, the new rules say that church officials should not interfere with investigations by civil authorities.

I don't know why people can't seem to understand that no organization can take away the rights of the adult victim to report or not. Forcing all clergy to report, regardless of reporting laws, can definitely lead to lawsuits and prosecution because someone may not want their abuse reported. The RCC is definitely correct in not having blanket mandatory reporting forced earth wide on its clergy. 

 

That's a legal issue. Let the law institute blanket mandatory reporting.

Edited July 19, 2019 by Bob