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A watchdog group in the U.S. is applauding calls to make “zero tolerance” for clerical abuse the rule for the worldwide Catholic Church.
“The Vatican approved this norm once; they can do it again, this time for every country,” said Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, in a statement released Nov. 18.
Earlier that day, safeguarding experts released a joint proposal in Rome advocating a change in church law that would extend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ protocol of permanently removing from ministry credibly accused priests or deacons. The norm, established in 2002 alongside the USCCB’s “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” with the Vatican’s permission, at present only applies to the Catholic Church in the U.S.
The proposal to extend the norm through a change in canon law was co-authored by members of the Institute of Anthropology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Ending Clergy Abuse, a global human rights organization based in Seattle.
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“The Vatican approved this norm once; they can do it again, this time for every country,” said Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, in a statement released Nov. 18.
Earlier that day, safeguarding experts released a joint proposal in Rome advocating a change in church law that would extend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ protocol of permanently removing from ministry credibly accused priests or deacons. The norm, established in 2002 alongside the USCCB’s “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” with the Vatican’s permission, at present only applies to the Catholic Church in the U.S.
The proposal to extend the norm through a change in canon law was co-authored by members of the Institute of Anthropology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Ending Clergy Abuse, a global human rights organization based in Seattle.
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Survivor advocates call for universal 'zero tolerance' of clerical abuse
The norm, established in 2002 alongside the USCCB's "Charter for the Protection of Youth and Young People" with the Vatican's permission, at present only applies to the Catholic Church in the U.S.
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