WTF? Vatican's new sex abuse guidelines don't require reporting !

Vatican's new sex abuse guidelines don't require reporting

New Vatican guidelines aimed at fighting child abuse by priests tell Catholic bishops they should cooperate with police, but do not order them to report allegations to the authorities.

"Sexual abuse of minors is not just a canonical delict but also a crime prosecuted by civil law," says the letter to bishops around the world, using the Vatican term for a violation of church law.

Local laws on reporting suspected crimes to the authorities "should always be followed," the guidelines say.

Advocates for victims said even before they were released that they would not solve the problem.


"Bishops ignore and conceal child sex crimes because they can," said David Clohessy of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP). "So any 'reform' that doesn't diminish bishops' power and discretion is virtually meaningless."

More at link: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/16/vatican-to-issue-new-sex-abuse-guidelines/


:wtf:

One of Pope Maledict's first acts was to bring then-Archbishop Law to the Vatican, just as the Massachusetts police were closing in on him.
The Vatican does not do extradition.

The he made the fugitive Archbishop a Cardinal, the highest honor he is capable of bestowing on someone.

Says it all.

One of Pope Maledict's first acts was to bring then-Archbishop Law to the Vatican, just as the Massachusetts police were closing in on him.
The Vatican does not do extradition.

The he made the fugitive Archbishop a Cardinal, the highest honor he is capable of bestowing on someone.

Says it all.