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joeybee12

(56,177 posts) Wed Feb 5, 2014, 12:41 PM Feb 2014

U.N. Report: Vatican Policies Allowed Priests To Rape Children

The United Nations heavily criticized the Vatican on Wednesday for what it said was a systematic adoption of policies allowing priests to rape and sexually abuse tens of thousands of children.

The devastating report published by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of a Child said the Vatican must "immediately remove" all known or suspected child abusers within the clergy.

It said the Holy See had "systematically placed preservation of the reputation of the church and the alleged offender over the protection of child victims."

In response, the Vatican said in a statement published on its website that some points made in the report were an "attempt to interfere with Catholic Church teaching."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-n-report-vatican-policies-allowed-priests-rape-children-n22531

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U.N. Report: Vatican Policies Allowed Priests To Rape Children (Original Post) joeybee12 Feb 2014 OP

Very few here give a shit that the new pope continues to protect pedophile priests Ohio Joe Feb 2014 #1

Ohio Joe

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1. Very few here give a shit that the new pope continues to protect pedophile priests

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Wed Feb 5, 2014, 12:56 PM

Feb 2014

They are far to busy cheering the new image being put out to be concerned that he continues all of the very worst policies of the church.

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