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Related: About this forumVatican blasts “prejudiced” report from U.N. committee on Catholic Church child sex abuse
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican struck back Friday at a U.N. human rights committee that issued a scathing report on sex abuse by priests, accusing it of straying beyond its mandate and discrediting the U.N. as a whole by adopting the "prejudiced" positions of anti-Catholic advocacy groups.
The Vatican said the U.N. committee had ignored both the Holy See's unique status and its efforts to address the abuse crisis in recent years, noting that it had provided this information to the committee in writing and in person. It blasted what it called the "absolutely anomalous" publicity the committee gave its report and promised a full response at a later date.
The Geneva-based committee on Wednesday accused the Vatican of systematically placing its own interests over those of victims by enabling priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children through its own policies and code of silence.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/vatican-blasts-prejudiced-report-from-un-committee-on-catholic-church-child-sex-abuse/
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Vatican blasts “prejudiced” report from U.N. committee on Catholic Church child sex abuse (Original Post)
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2014
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trotsky
(49,533 posts)1. LOL - the "prejudiced" positions of abuse survivors I suppose.
"The Geneva-based committee on Wednesday accused the Vatican of systematically placing its own interests over those of victims by enabling priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children through its own policies and code of silence."
And this is exactly what we've seen now that the church has had to open up its records in case after case. Maybe the UN should just tell them: "Hey, how about a deal. You stop raping children and protecting the rapists, and we'll stop pointing out you're doing it."
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)2. More anti-catholic bigotry.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)3. And intolerance
let's just close our eyes and STFU, like some here would like us to do.