Vatican Revises Abuse Process, but Causes Stir
By RACHEL DONADIO
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican issued revisions to its internal laws on Thursday making it easier to discipline sex-abuser priests, but caused confusion by also stating that ordaining women as priests was as grave an offense as pedophilia.
The decision to link the issues appears to reflect the determination of embattled Vatican leaders to resist any suggestion that pedophilia within the priesthood can be addressed by ending the celibacy requirement or by allowing women to become priests.
The overall document codified existing procedures that allow the Vatican to try priests accused of child sexual abuse using faster juridical procedures rather than full ecclesiastical trials. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the changes showed the church’s commitment to tackling child sexual abuse with “rigor and transparency.”.......... pic:
Andrew Medichini/Associated Press
Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Vatican’s sex crimes prosecutor, left, and Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi discussed the new set of norms issued on Thursday to respond to the worldwide clerical abuse scandal.
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On the whole, I'd say their PR department has not improved.
understatement
The catholic church is the scum of the earth. The organization sits on millions, possibly billions, of dollars of wealth from the popes jewel encrusted hats and gowns to land and buildings all around the world. Their vow of poverty is a joke. Their assets could feed millions of people around the world.
a lot of priests and nuns do live in poverty. the church itself as a whole does not. they protect pedophiles and spit on gays AND women. nothing more i have to say
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