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Child Rights Internatinal Network
The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, and the Holy See’s cover-ups and denial of justice for victims, has been mapped in a new preliminary report published by CRIN today.
The report coincides with tomorrow’s (16 January) UN review of the Holy See on children’s rights, including cases of child sexual abuse committed by Catholic clerics around the world known to the Holy See*.
The report, “Child sexual abuse and the Holy See: the need for justice, accountability and reform”, published says:
“The Catholic Church is against violence. It stands for the inherent dignity and worth of all human beings. Yet child sexual abuse cases have not been addressed sufficiently for decades. Transparency, in the form of full disclosure to external judicial authorities, is the bridge between intention and achievement. The Vatican should choose full disclosure of information over self-preservation.”
The preliminary report marks the launch of a new campaign by CRIN to end sexual violence against children in religious institutions. With the report, the campaign first looks at child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church because of tomorrow’s UN review on the Holy See**.
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