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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