New Vatican Document Says Bishops Are Not Obligated to Report Allegations of Abuse to Authorities

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This is an objection I constantly face from non-Catholic friends. This is pretty scary.
 
Jon_Mallory said:
This is an objection I constantly face from non-Catholic friends. This is pretty scary.
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What you are saying is not correct.

*Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, together with all the Commission Members, issued today the following statement on the obligation to report suspected sexual abuse to civil authorities:

“As Pope Francis has so clearly stated: ‘The crimes and sins of the sexual abuse of children must not be kept secret for any longer. I pledge the zealous vigilance of the Church to protect children and the promise of accountability for all’. We, the President and the Members of the Commission, wish to affirm that our obligations under civil law must certainly be followed, but even beyond these civil requirements, we all have a moral and ethical responsibility to report suspected abuse to the civil authorities who are charged with protecting our society”.

Cardinal O’Malley’s statement continued, “In the United States, our Bishops’ Charter clearly states the obligation that all dioceses/eparchies and personnel report suspected abuse to the public authorities. Every year at our November meeting, at a training session for new bishops, this obligation is reaffirmed, and every other February the Conference runs a second training program for new bishops which also clearly and explicitly includes this obligation. As the Holy Father’s advisory commission for the protection of minors, we recently shared with Pope Francis an overview of the Commission’s extensive education efforts in local Churches over the past two years and reiterated the Members’ willingness to provide this material at courses offered in Rome, including to the annual training program for new bishops and to the offices of the Roman Curia for their use in their own child protection efforts”.*
en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/02/15/card_omalley_reiterates_responsibility_to_report_sex_abuse/1208856

I would ask, please, that CAF somehow adjust this thread so that it is clear that there is no new disposition on the matter of reporting allegations of abuse to authorities. Thank you.
 
I was confused when I read this last week. So it is not true? Another false report?
 
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What you are saying is not correct.

*Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, together with all the Commission Members, issued today the following statement on the obligation to report suspected sexual abuse to civil authorities:

“As Pope Francis has so clearly stated: ‘The crimes and sins of the sexual abuse of children must not be kept secret for any longer. I pledge the zealous vigilance of the Church to protect children and the promise of accountability for all’. We, the President and the Members of the Commission, wish to affirm that our obligations under civil law must certainly be followed, but even beyond these civil requirements, we all have a moral and ethical responsibility to report suspected abuse to the civil authorities who are charged with protecting our society”.

Cardinal O’Malley’s statement continued, “In the United States, our Bishops’ Charter clearly states the obligation that all dioceses/eparchies and personnel report suspected abuse to the public authorities. Every year at our November meeting, at a training session for new bishops, this obligation is reaffirmed, and every other February the Conference runs a second training program for new bishops which also clearly and explicitly includes this obligation. As the Holy Father’s advisory commission for the protection of minors, we recently shared with Pope Francis an overview of the Commission’s extensive education efforts in local Churches over the past two years and reiterated the Members’ willingness to provide this material at courses offered in Rome, including to the annual training program for new bishops and to the offices of the Roman Curia for their use in their own child protection efforts”.*
en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/02/15/card_omalley_reiterates_responsibility_to_report_sex_abuse/1208856

I would ask, please, that CAF somehow adjust this thread so that it is clear that there is no new disposition on the matter of reporting allegations of abuse to authorities. Thank you.
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I never said it was correct. This was a link my friend shared with me and I just wanted to get some (name removed by moderator)ut. Sheesh.🤷
 
7_Sorrows said:
I was confused when I read this last week. So it is not true? Another false report?
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Don’t believe everything you hear or read in the media. We all know how they are!!. Now they are trying to tarnish SAINT Pope John Paul II’ s correspondence with long time friends. Pray for them, God Bless, Memaw
 
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