Concerns raised over US bishops' approval of watered-down norms on sexual abuse. (Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal).

From: Conscience | Date: December 22, 2002 | Copyright information

FOLLOWING CARDINAL Bernard Law's resignation (see box, opposite page), the pope approved a new set of rules proposed by the Vatican-appointed panel to deal with the clergy sexual abuse scandal. Many view the new rules as a significant watering down of the original rules the bishops passed at their June meeting in Dallas.

In June the US bishops passed a "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" that required dioceses to "report to the public authorities any allegation of sexual abuse of a person who is currently a minor." But the Vatican-appointed panel removed ...

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