Vatican Warned Irish Bishops Not to Report Abuse

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DUBLIN (AP) — A 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland's Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police — a disclosure that victims' groups described as "the smoking gun" needed to show that the church enforced a worldwide culture of covering up crimes by pedophile priests.

The newly revealed letter, obtained by Irish broadcasters RTE and provided to The Associated Press, documents the Vatican's rejection of a 1996 Irish church initiative to begin helping police identify pedophile priests following Ireland's first wave of publicly disclosed lawsuits.

The letter undermines persistent Vatican claims, particularly when seeking to defend itself in U.S. lawsuits, that Rome never instructed local bishops to withhold evidence or suspicion of crimes from police. It instead emphasizes the church's right to handle all child-abuse allegations and determine punishments in house rather than give that power to civil authorities.

Signed by the late Archbishop Luciano Storero, Pope John Paul II's diplomat to Ireland, the letter instructs Irish bishops that their new policy of making the reporting of suspected crimes mandatory "gives rise to serious reservations of both a moral and canonical nature."

Storero wrote that canon law, which required abuse allegations and punishments to be handled within the church, "must be meticulously followed." Any bishops who tried to impose punishments outside the confines of canon law would face the "highly embarrassing" position of having their actions overturned on appeal in Rome, he wrote.

Catholic officials in Ireland and the Vatican declined AP requests to comment on the letter, which RTE said it received from an Irish bishop.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011...wt&twt=nytimes

[windshock]

Wtf

[THE KID]

aha.........................

[666satan]

politika ghpon....paet...

[masterjanuarius]

The Vatican already admitted the lapses of judgments as regards "abuses" by Irish clergy .. so this issue is moot and academic ... The Holy Father has urged Bishops, not only in Ireland, to cooperate with the authorities whenever cases of abuse arise in their communities... samok na kaayo ang sige ug ungkat ungkat sa mg old issues .. What's the reason?

[eax]

The Vatican already admitted the lapses of judgments as regards "abuses" by Irish clergy .. so this issue is moot and academic ... The Holy Father has urged Bishops, not only in Ireland, to cooperate with the authorities whenever cases of abuse arise in their communities... samok na kaayo ang sige ug ungkat ungkat sa mg old issues .. What's the reason?

Give the link kung ni authorize siya mo report sa police.

[19blackpanther75]

that's the reason why i have no trust in catholic churches no more... i can sense the hypocrasy... i trust in God but to those priest i don't give a damn respect....they're sick....

[bearish]

... samok na kaayo ang sige ug ungkat ungkat sa mg old issues .. What's the reason?

one reason is...to make those who were not aware become aware.

[bearish]

that's the reason why i have no trust in catholic churches no more... i can sense the hypocrasy... i trust in God but to those priest i don't give a damn respect....they're sick....

+100 bro...

[r3roble]

mapeke man gani ang pirma sa tseke... kana pang sulat lang.. he he..