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USA Today
Pope Francis recently overhauled Vatican City laws, criminalizing the leaking of information and instituting harsher penalties for sex abuse. Comments from Twitter and Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:
Anything that further protects people from any acts of potential harm is the right thing to do.
— @PlumbbobGreen
The criminalization of leaks is more proof that the Catholic Church is not the “one true church” as it claims. The “true” church is transparent. An authentic church of Christ has no secrets.
— Ken Foster
And what if materials that could be leaked contained information about child abuse? Would leaking that be illegal? It sounds to me that none of those people there really cares about the place at all as long as it provides them with a paycheck and protection.
— Joseph Damigella
— Mike Mallory
This is a positive change. The new pope is doing what he can. The whistle-blower law is more of the same, but at least the sexual abuse law is a step in the right direction.
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