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“Sexual abuse by a priest is a crime and an abuse of spiritual power”, affirmed Msgr. Charles Sicluna, Promoter of Justice at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Saturday morning to press at the launch of a Symposium titled “Towards healing and renewal”.
The gathering, which will take place February 6th to 9th 2012, is being organised by the Pontifical Gregorian University, with the goal of formulating a global response to the scandal of sex abuse within the Church.
Research and study into sex abuse will also take place through the creation of a new “multi-lingual e-learning centre” also launched Saturday. The centre has been set up to improve information and prevention. Moreover from now to February, the centre’s work will be made public with regular press releases.
“We want to face this problem from the point of view of ‘state of the art’ science, psychology, psychiatry”, explains Fr. Hans Zollner, Dean of the Institute of Psychology and Head of the Preparatory Committee of the Symposium, “but also from the point of view of jurisprudence, even within the Church, so taking into consideration the norms now in vigour following the CDF Circular Letter. We want to help Bishops Conferences develop guidelines on how to deal with abusers and ensure that these cases aren’t repeated and, most important of all, try to help – as much as is possible – to heal the wounds of the victims”.
Speaking to Vatican Radio, Msgr. Scicluna praised the Symposium as a tool that will aid Bishops Conferences worldwide in their attempt to draw up comprehensive guidelines for safeguarding against abuse in the Church, as demanded by the May 2011 CDF Circular Letter.
radiovaticana.org/EN1/Articolo.asp?c=497325
The gathering, which will take place February 6th to 9th 2012, is being organised by the Pontifical Gregorian University, with the goal of formulating a global response to the scandal of sex abuse within the Church.
Research and study into sex abuse will also take place through the creation of a new “multi-lingual e-learning centre” also launched Saturday. The centre has been set up to improve information and prevention. Moreover from now to February, the centre’s work will be made public with regular press releases.
“We want to face this problem from the point of view of ‘state of the art’ science, psychology, psychiatry”, explains Fr. Hans Zollner, Dean of the Institute of Psychology and Head of the Preparatory Committee of the Symposium, “but also from the point of view of jurisprudence, even within the Church, so taking into consideration the norms now in vigour following the CDF Circular Letter. We want to help Bishops Conferences develop guidelines on how to deal with abusers and ensure that these cases aren’t repeated and, most important of all, try to help – as much as is possible – to heal the wounds of the victims”.
Speaking to Vatican Radio, Msgr. Scicluna praised the Symposium as a tool that will aid Bishops Conferences worldwide in their attempt to draw up comprehensive guidelines for safeguarding against abuse in the Church, as demanded by the May 2011 CDF Circular Letter.
radiovaticana.org/EN1/Articolo.asp?c=497325
But Protestant Churches and the Watchtower, should also address some of the people who are guilty of child-molestation in their department.