Vatican issues manual on dealing with child sex abuse claims

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Unit that processes such complaints says clerical assault of minors is still 'present on all continents'. FMTNews

Pope Francis and Catholic leaders attending a summit on preventing clergy sexual abuse in 2019.

The manual, which includes a form to be filled out detailing the alleged crime against minors, does not include any new laws but aims to clarify the existing rules on tackling a scandal which has plagued the church for decades, it said. At the time, he called for “a practical handbook indicating the steps to be taken by authorities at key moments when a case emerges”.“The real novelty… is that for the first time the procedure is described in an organised way — from the first report of a possible crime to the definitive conclusion,” Archbishop Giacomo Morandi said in an interview with Vatican News.

“We are still witnessing reports emerge of old cases, sometimes many years later. Certainly, some crimes are also recent,” he said.

 

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