LONDON (ENGLAND)
The Times
February 4, 2019
By Sean O’Neill
The Vatican’s ambassador to Britain is refusing to give evidence to a public inquiry investigating decades of sexual abuse at a leading Roman Catholic private school, a hearing was told today.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has made repeated efforts to obtain information from the papal nuncio, Archbishop Edward Adams, the diplomatic representative of Pope Francis in Britain.
The Vatican’s embassy — the Apostolic Nunciature — was directly involved in the Church’s response when The Times exposed widespread sexual abuse at Ealing Abbey and St Benedict’s School, west London, in 2010 and 2011.
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