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Vatican lays provisional procedures for sex abuse crimes
Priests suspected of child abuse sex crimes should be turned over to the authorities and face legal action, the Vatican said in a letter to the bishops.
The letter laid out provisional procedures for sex abuse crimes committed by priests and gave bishops a year to deliberate the proposals.
"Sex abuse of minors is not just a canonical delict but also a crime prosecuted by civil law... (and) the prescriptions of civil law regarding the reporting of such crimes to the designated authority should always be followed," it said.
"The Guidelines seek to protect minors and to help victims in finding assistance and reconciliation," the letter added.
It said it was up to bishops to notify the authorities in the case of a suspected paedophile priest.
The letter was published in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish, and urged bishops to ensure the Church gives "spiritual and psychological assistance" to victims and their families.
The guidelines "not only concern cases of abuse committed by clerics, but also those cases which involve religious or lay persons who function in ecclesiastical situations," it said.
The letter said the clergy should be “helped to recognise the potential signs of abuse” and those suspected of paedophilia should be suspended until the accusation is clarified.
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It's not enough, it's voluntary, "It must be an order To report to the Police".
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Even for believers, this attitude is very hurtful, so one can just imagine how much more painful this is for those who had suffered abuse for many years. The Church should come clean once and for all. Christ demands it. Everyday that passes is a perpetration of the horrors that many people suffered and continue to suffer today...in silence. "Jekk thassru wiehed minn dawn iz-zghar, ikun ahjar ghal dak il-bniedem li jorbot mazzra m'ghonqu u jmur jintefa' l-bahar..." Terrible words. Not mine, but His.
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TRAITORS, HUH?
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I DON’T RECALL SIGNING UP TO THE VATICAN DYNASTY.
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I WAS STEALTHILY APPROPRIATED BY THE CHURCH WHEN I WAS AN INFANT.
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U l-Isqof t'Ghawdex, Mario Grech, ghalih huma dawk li se jivvutaw 'IVA' li huma "TRADITURI" tal-fidi kattolika ! Dan is-suppost "RGHAJ" flok li jfittex in.naghag il-mitlufin biex igibhom lura lejn il-merhla, bli qal werwer u bieghed mill-merhla hafna aktar naghag ! Tax x'qed taghmel Mons Isqof Grech ??
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Sad time for the church:
They’re clutching at straws.
See:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hbC7-H77UO7N8cCxQ4VCNY5Em8xg?docId=CNG.d23b914a8d28052ecdadfc19ec2b3048.4f1
“But the letter was dismissed before publication by the US victims' group Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), which called for internationally binding policies instead of guidelines.
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“Britain's National Secular Society warned that the guidelines said bishops had to report cases to secular authorities only if they do not "prejudice" the "sacramental internal forum."
"Which probably means cases should be heard, where it is possible, in secret under canon law, which provides for no more serious penalty than defrocking. And even that... only the most extreme cases," it added in a press release.
“The Vatican's letter made no mention of financial reparations for victims of paedophile priests.”
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Dawn PROVIZZJONALI ????Kif ma tisthux!!!!!! Nistennew sena ohra qabel li l-isqfijiet jaghmlu xi proposti. Bit-tkaxkir tas-saqajn jiehduha dawn tac-coqqa f'kazijiet serji bhal dawn fejn Alla biss jaf kemm ikkorompew tfal. L-aqwa li huma kontra id-divorzju, x'wicc ghandom huma u dawk li jissaportjawhom. Alla ma jahfirilhomx lill dawn il-farisej u mela jridu jaghmluha tal-qaddsin qishom xi mibghutin minn Alla u jcahhdu it-tqarbin ghax wiehed favur id-divorzju fi zwigijiet socjali. Biex tiskongura trid tkun pur u sfortunatament bhalissa dawn tac-coqqa zgur li mhumiex puri.
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Are these cases going to be heard in secret under THE CHURCH’S OWN CANON LAW?
Nice one Benedict!
And if it is a stunt to make voters change their minds, it’s a very cheap and hurtful one.
