By Dan Bergin
Independent Catholic News
June 20, 2011
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=18455
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| Gregorian University |
An international conference on clerical sex abuse will take place at the Gregorian University in Rome next February 6-9.
More than 200 representatives from bishops' conferences and major religious orders around the world are being invite to the 'Towards Healing and Renewal Symposium'.
Fr Hans Zollner SJ, Head of the Preparatory Committee of the Symposium, said that child-abuse specialists, doctors, psychologists, sociologists and theologians will be speaking at the event.
He said: "We want to share the best practices in combatting the issue. So we've invited speakers who are experts in the field of working with victims and also those who are experts in understanding the psychology of perpetrators."
The Vatican has asked bishops conferences who have not yet established child protection guidelines to produce these by next May. The Catholic Church in England and Wales established guidelines for dealing with clerical sexual abuse of children more than a decade ago. Commentators say these could provide a model for other countries to follow.
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