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The Vatican urges to end the opacity in abuse and to accelerate the resignation of pedophile religious

The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, established by Pope Francis to tackle the scourge of abuse, has published its first annual report on Tuesday, in which it claims to end opacity and accelerate the resignation of religious pedophiles, among many other indications.

The report is the result of the study of twenty local churches in the ‘ad limita’ visits made in 2023 to the Vatican, including those of Mexico and Colombia (the bishoprics must travel to Rome every five years to inform the pope and the Curia of their situations).

Its objective, according to it is read, is “to provide the possibility of reporting on its results and recommendations” to the pope, who created this commission in 2014, but also to the “surviving victims” of abuse and to all the churches on the planet.

Among its main conclusions, the report calls for greater transparency and faster assumption of responsibility.

These are some of the indications that appear in the document:

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End of opacity

The Church needs to promote victims’ access to information to face the “problem” of opacity in canonical processes. “Measures should be studied to guarantee the right of every individual to access any information that affects him, especially in cases and responsibility for abuses” (always in compliance with the data protection law).

The concept of vulnerability

Cases of abuse are not only with minors but the Church also recognizes them in “vulnerable” adults. Therefore, the commission advocates developing “a mostly uniform definition of vulnerability.”

Faster

The report admits that the victims still suffer civil and canonical processes “difficult, slow and a source of continuous victimization.” That is why he urges to “guarantee an effective, fast and rigorous management” of each case of abuse, also clarifying the role of each dicastery – “mystery” – of the Roman Curia.

Fulminant resignation

Another claim is to “speed up and accelerate the resignation process” of an ecclesial leader accused of abuse “as long as it is justified.”

Compensation

The report calls for “studying compensation policies” to exercise “rigorous” measures of reparation in the process of “healing” of the victims.

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A teaching force against abuse

Likewise, the report calls for “even more development of the Magisterium of the Church” on its duty of protection, promoting among its clergy “the dignity of children” through a “unitary and theological-pastoral” vision.

Specialization

The church, in addition, must promote a process of “professionalization” among its members and provide those who are in contact with minors with “academic opportunities” of training endowed with “adequate resources.”

“Worrying facks”

The Commission’s first analysis has found that, while some ecclesiastical authorities demonstrate a clear commitment to protection, others are only “at the beginning of the exercise of responsibilities.”

In some cases, in fact, a “worrying lack” of structures for reporting and accompanying victims has been detected, which contradicts what the pope demands in his document ‘Vos estis lux mundi’ (2023) on the rules against sexual abuse.

“Continuous conversion”

This year the Pontifical Commission has celebrated ten years in which “there has been a growth of awareness of both the reality of sexual abuse within the Church and its mismanagement.” The publication of these reports aims to “facilitate a process of continuous conversion” within Catholic institutions.

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Five years to cover everything

There are a total of 114 episcopal conferences on the planet, so the commission, led by American Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, aims to study them all within 5/6 years.

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