Vatican abuse summit: 'Bishops must be held accountable'

Vatican abuse summit: 'Bishops must be held accountable'

NCR

By John L Allen Jr

John L Allen Jr

ROME -- To all those critics who have clamored for greater accountability for Catholic bishops who drop the ball on sex abuse cases, the Vatican’s top prosecutor this morning had a simple message: You’re absolutely right. “We need to be vigilant in choosing candidates for the important role of bishop, and we also need to use the tools that canonical law and tradition give us for the accountability of bishops,” said Maltese Monsignor Charles Scicluna.