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Saturday, May 11, 2019

POPE FRANCIS ISSUES CHURCH LAW GOVERNING SEX ABUSE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION

Pope Francis announced a new church law Thursday establishing universal protocols for the church concerning reporting and investigating allegations of clergy sex abuse.

The pontiff’s announcement of the new law – a motu proprio entitled Vos estis lux mundimeaning “You are the light of the world” – came in the wake of the Vatican’s February summit on sex abuse meant to equip bishops to face the church’s global sex abuse crisis.

The law establishes investigation and reporting procedures in cases where those accused of sexual abuse are bishops or higher ranking leaders of the church, according to The Associated Press

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Too little too late