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Vatican: Council of Cardinals has bishop accountability ‘on the table’ / National Catholic Reporter

The cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the church’s central bureaucracy have discussed the issue of accountability for Catholic bishops who mishandle cases of clergy sexual abuse, the Vatican spokesman said Wednesday (Apr. 15).

“Addressing the latest meeting of the Council of Cardinals during a press briefing, Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi said the prelates have put the issue “on the table” after being presented with it by Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley.

“‘It is not that they might have made a precise project or a document’ on the issue, Lombardi said. ‘But the theme is explicitly, let’s say, on the table of the C9, and the intention is now to find a way to proceed in the deepening of the competence in these cases.’”

By Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter — Click here to read the rest of this story.

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This entry was posted on April 15, 2015, 4:20 PM and is filed under Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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