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Laurie Goodstein: Vatican Hints at Changes in Church Laws on Abuse [LINK-ZUM]

The New York Times reports: "After three days in which Pope Benedict XVI has persistently addressed the scandal of child sexual abuse by priests, a top Vatican official said on Friday that the church was considering changes to the canon laws that govern how it handles such cases. The official, Cardinal William J. Levada, would not specify which canons were under reconsideration."

Perhaps the canon law under consideration here is the Crimine Solicitaciones [google] [BBC] [OVO]. The Crimine Solicitaciones was initiated by Pope John XXIII in 1962 and confirmed as canon law by Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger) in 2001. The Crimine Solicitaciones orders children abused by clergy to be quiet about it under threat of excommunication. The Crimine Solicitaciones also orders abusive clergy to be moved to a new parish. The Crimine Solicitaciones is why it appears that the Roman Catholic Church has operated a child abuse ring. At times, when abusive clergy have been caught, they have escaped prosecution due to diplomatic immunity (as representatives of Holy See of Vatican City, a sovereign nation). The reason it appears as such is because it is true.

Perhaps it is the Crimine Solicitaciones that is under consideration for review. If so, that would be beneficial to exposing and breaking this child abuse ring. And it would call into question the moral infallibility of the Pope. I support both of these possibilities.

Labels: christianity, theocracy

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