UN Blasts Vatican on Sex Abuse

[UN Blasts Vatican on Sex Abuse Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries] "The United Nations accused the Vatican of systematically turning a blind eye to decades of sexual abuse of children by priests. The UN demanded the Vatican immediately turn over known or suspected offenders to civil justice. The Vatican, as a sovereign nation, is a signatory of the U.N. Convention of the Rights of the Child. It was that U.N. committee which accused Church officials of imposing a "code of silence" on clerics and moving abusers from parish to parish "in an attempt to cover up such crimes."

The UN said the Holy See must hand over an archive of evidence about the abuse of tens of thousands of children. The UN said it was "gravely concerned that the Holy See has adopted policies and practices which have led to the continuation of the abuse by the perpetrators." The Vatican has demonstrated that they are above civil law, but the UN is saying the State has a duty to protect its citizens against natural injury at someone else's hands, whether the aggressor is an ecclesiastical person or not.
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UN Blasts Vatican on Sex Abuse