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Pope: Others Should Be Held To Same Abuse 'Standards'
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI told bishops from New York state that "all other institutions" in society should be held to the same "exacting standards" as the Roman Catholic Church in preventing and reporting sex abuse.
Amnesty International Slams Irish Catholic Church On Abuse
The 430-page report, released Monday (Sept. 26), "reminds us that Irish children were subjected to treatment that would be horrifying if it were done to prisoners of war, never mind little boys and girls," said Ireland's Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, in Dublin.
Irish Government Releases 'Damning' Abuse Report
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A special commission sponsored by the Irish government criticized a bishop for failing to report allegations of clerical sex abuse to police and noted "concerns" about the same bishop's own interactions with a teenage boy.
Catholic Bishops To Take Second Look At Abuse Reforms
(RNS) A review of church sex abuse guidelines will top the agenda when the nation's Roman Catholic bishops meet in Seattle next week (June 15-17).
Background on sex abuse
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another.
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