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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 21:19 UTC

Tag: UN child rights

  • Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:41 UTC

    Vatican questioned by UN child rights watchdog on child sex abuse by priests

    Monsignor Scicluna; “Our guideline has always been that domestic law of the countries where the churches operate needs to be followed.”

    The Vatican was Thursday pushed for the first time to provide answers to the UN over its commitment to stamp out child sex abuse by priests. The landmark question-and-answer session before the UN's child rights watchdog in Geneva came as Pope Francis said Catholics should feel “shame”, in an apparent reference to the scandals that have rocked the Church.