It created the court for the bishops responsible for pedophilia – Newsweek Poland

Pope Francis after a meeting with the Council of Cardinals decided: There will be a separate judicial department to adjudicate the bishops responsible for the scandal of pedophilia, but its cover-up and lack of prevention. This is the first such tribunal in history.

This separate judicial department, explained in the note the Vatican press office, will work with the mandate of the Pope at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Before the local canonical tribunal judged the perpetrators of acts of pedophilia.

After a three-day meeting with the cardinals, the Vatican announced that Francis judging bishops approved the proposal for acts defined as “abuse of office”

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After a three-day meeting of 9 Cardinals – Vatican advisers said that Francis judging bishops approved the proposal for the actions specified as an “abuse of office”.

This application submitted to the Pontifical Commission. Protection of Juveniles. It requested earlier resolve the issue of responsibility of bishops for the abuse scandal. Two of the victims of pedophilia, sit on this committee, threatened the onset of her, if the issue has been resolved. With similar demands for years, there were also numerous associations of the victims of pedophilia in the world Convinced that it is necessary to draw consequences for dignitaries who ignored signs of abuse in their dioceses or even undertook measures to cover up such cases.

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The Pope has appointed a five-year the period in which the new procedures will be put into practice and assessed for their effectiveness.

The new department will therefore be getting the matter bishops who stood on the occasion and did not react properly to deeds abuse of subordinate dioceses – emphasize Vaticanists.

In its statement the Vatican announced that the notifications and complaints of the bishops will analyze Congregations: for. Bishops, for the Evangelization of Peoples, the Eastern Churches.

Pope He appointed a five-year period in which the new procedures will be put into practice and assessed for their effectiveness.