Pope Francis updates a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up cases of sex abuse, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that adults can also be victims of abuse.
, but its implementation has been uneven and the Vatican has been criticized by abuse survivors for continued lack of transparency about the cases.
The new rules conform to other changes in the Catholic Church’s handling of abuse that have been issued since then. Most significantly, they are expanded to cover leaders of Vatican-approved associations headed by lay leaders, not just clerics.
Francis originally set out the norms in 2019 as a response to the latest chapter in the decades-long crisis, focused on a cover-up exposed by a Pennsylvania grand jury report and the scandal over then-Cardinal . Francis himself was implicated in that wave of the scandal, after he dismissed claims by victims of a notorious predator in Chile.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Pope Francis expands law seeking more accountability on church abuse casesPope Francis updates church law aimed at seeking more accountability on sex abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults can also be abuse victims
Read more »
Pope Francis expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victimsPope Francis updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults and not just children can be victims of abuse.
Read more »
Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victimsVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up cases of sex abuse, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults can also be victims of abuse when they are unable to consent.
Read more »
Early voting ahead of Chicago mayoral runoff outpaces 2019 raceAs of Wednesday night, almost 36,000 ballots had already been cast, compared to 21,000 at the same point in 2019.
Read more »
Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leadersPope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims.
Read more »
New 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Set Images Show Off Lady Gaga's Harley Quinn CostumeNew Joker2 set images show Lady Gaga suiting up as the fan-favorite character, Harley Quinn.
Read more »