The
United Nations have sent the Vatican a long list of questions asking
for detailed information on the issue of sex abuse in the Catholic
Church. The Legion of Christ and Ireland's Magdalene laundries are first
in the firing line
Alessandro Speciale
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has
presented the Vatican with a long list of requests for information “on
all cases of child sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy,
brothers and nuns or brought to the attention of the Holy See.” The
committee in question ensures that the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights
of the Child is respected. The list, comprising about twenty points, was
sent to the Vatican last 1 July.
In the document, the UN committee asks the Vatican to...
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