When he visits the United States this week, Pope Francis is likely to repeat his acclaimed vow of ‘zero tolerance’ for clergy who sexually abuse minors.
“For most Americans, this will have a reassuring ring. We assume we know what the pope means — that the global Catholic Church now adheres to the same ‘one strike and you’re out’ policy that, at least in theory, has bound all US bishops since 2002.
“That rule says that clergy guilty of ‘even a single act’ of sexual abuse will be ‘removed permanently’ from ministry.
“But this isn’t what the pope is saying. The troubling fact is that zero tolerance still is not compulsory in the global Catholic Church. It exists in the United States only because of the public outrage that engulfed American bishops in 2002, following revelations that they had kept child molesters in ministry. They obtained special permission from the Vatican to adopt a tougher measure.”
By Anne Barrett Doyle, Commentary in The Boston Globe — Click here to read the rest of this story.
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#1 by glorybe1929 on September 21, 2015 - 11:44 AM
What could be tougher than zero tolerance? Who had to give. permission.?? I don’t, nor should any one, understand this ” double speak” This is ” cover up” continuing to bamboozel the laity,thinking, no religious community would do this! HAA!Ha! Think again & again & again. Get smart and do somthing to STOP THEM! NOW!
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