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Religions > Atheism |
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"Zed" |
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17 Aug 2003 06:56:31 AM |
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Catholic Church's cover-up policy |
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1020400,00.html
Here is a bit:
The Vatican instructed Catholic bishops around the world to cover up
cases of sexual abuse or risk being thrown out of the Church.
The Observer has obtained a 40-year-old confidential document from the
secret Vatican archive which lawyers are calling a 'blueprint for
deception and concealment'. One British lawyer acting for Church child
abuse victims has described it as 'explosive'.
The 69-page Latin document bearing the seal of Pope John XXIII was
sent to every bishop in the world. The instructions outline a policy
of 'strictest' secrecy in dealing with allegations of sexual abuse and
threatens those who speak out with excommunication.
They also call for the victim to take an oath of secrecy at the time
of making a complaint to Church officials. It states that the
instructions are to 'be diligently stored in the secret archives of
the Curia [Vatican] as strictly confidential. Nor is it to be
published nor added to with any commentaries.'
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Catholic Church's cover-up policy |
18 Aug 2003 12:23:31 AM |
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In article <5f0796af.0308170356.23d9e0c0@posting.google.com>,
(Zed) wrote:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1020400,00.html
Here is a bit:
The Vatican instructed Catholic bishops around the world to cover up
cases of sexual abuse or risk being thrown out of the Church.
The Observer has obtained a 40-year-old confidential document from the
secret Vatican archive which lawyers are calling a 'blueprint for
deception and concealment'. One British lawyer acting for Church child
abuse victims has described it as 'explosive'.
The 69-page Latin document bearing the seal of Pope John XXIII was
sent to every bishop in the world. The instructions outline a policy
of 'strictest' secrecy in dealing with allegations of sexual abuse and
threatens those who speak out with excommunication.
They also call for the victim to take an oath of secrecy at the time
of making a complaint to Church officials. It states that the
instructions are to 'be diligently stored in the secret archives of
the Curia [Vatican] as strictly confidential. Nor is it to be
published nor added to with any commentaries.'
Not too surprising. The church was always good at covering its tracks.
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
"In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed,
miracles ceased; but in those parts that are barbarous and ignorant,
miracles are still in vogue." -Letters of Ethan Allen to Thomas Jefferson
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