Pope Francis is abolishing the code of secrecy and making it so that the Catholic Church can now give any documents related to sexual abuse cases in the church to authorities.
that some used the secrecy rules “to say that they could not, and that they were not, authorized to share information with either state authorities or the victims.” in the church in America, Latin America, Europe and Australia, the Pope called an international summit of bishops together in February to meet at the Vatican and find solutions. Stemming from the conference, there have been a number of progressive changes from the church.
This includes the Pope’s enactment of a new rule that calls for thoroughly investigating bishops over sexual abuse or attempted coverup of abuse, and that requires local dioceses to immediately report allegations to the Vatican,Ultimately, this change is a huge win for activists who have long campaigned against sexual abuse in the church and have fought for solutions. The progress coming out of the Catholic Church may be slow but in this case, it’s absolutely better late than never.
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