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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday scrapped his proposed tribunal to prosecute bishops who covered up for pedophile priests after it ran into opposition and instead clarified legal procedures to remove them if the Vatican finds they were negligent.
The new procedures sought to answer long-standing demands by survivors of abuse that the Vatican hold bishops accountable for botching abuse cases. Victims have long accused bishops of covering up for pedophiles, moving rapists from parish to parish rather than reporting them to police — and suffering no consequences.
Pope Francis Scraps Abuse Tribunal for Bishops Who Cover Up Pedophile Priests - NBC News
Oh FFS. Grow a pair Francis.
So he wants to fire Bishops involved in a cover up but wants to scrap the investigation into cover-ups??He then went on to issue a papal decree declaring that Bishops found guilty of covering up abuse would be fired...as the link in the OP actually says. Here's a slightly better write-up:
Pope Says To Remove Bishops If Found Negligent In Abuse Cases
Sounds to me like he decided to just cut the red tape.
Pope Francis Scraps Abuse Tribunal for Bishops Who Cover Up Pedophile Priests - NBC News
Oh FFS. Grow a pair Francis.
So he wants to fire Bishops involved in a cover up but wants to scrap the investigation into cover-ups??
I dunno, I think I agree with him. The laws are already in place, just not used, and the tribunal might have been just 'being seen to be doing something' and might even have gotten in the way.
Watch and see, that's all we can do. See if they actually do enforce the rules they have in place.
What you do speaks so loudly I need not hear what you say.
You'll "forgive" my cynicism. I do not for one second buy anything the Catholic Church says on this matter.
So he wants to fire Bishops involved in a cover up but wants to scrap the investigation into cover-ups??
I dunno, I think I agree with him. The laws are already in place, just not used, and the tribunal might have been just 'being seen to be doing something' and might even have gotten in the way.
Watch and see, that's all we can do. See if they actually do enforce the rules they have in place.
You have no reason to. Buy anything they say, I mean.
But I'm a bit more hopeful, that's why I say, "Watch and see."
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