More BS from the Vatican in an attempt at damage control. I wonder how many participants at this “summit” have ever fondled and/or otherwise sexually abused children, or covered up for people who have?
By the way folks, what little (political) steps the Catholic Church is taking in an attempt to even somewhat get a handle on clerical child abuse is being triggered by an interest in protecting the Church and its profits; in other words, it isn’t about the kids. If the Catholic Church had really been interested in the welfare of children these child abuse cases would never have reached into the tens of thousands – and this includes only known cases during the last couple of decades!
In the end, it all boils down to the Vatican Bank and its loss of revenues. Everything else is just a facade. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
AFP
The Catholic Church launched an international Internet centre against paedophilia on Thursday at the close of a four-day Vatican summit aimed at ending decades of abuses and cover-ups.
The new e-learning Centre for Child Protection will be based in Germany, with partners in Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy and Kenya, seeking to bring together research and ways to prevent clerical abuse.
The centre “is only one part of a renewal of the Church,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the archbishop of Munich, said at a press conference.
“This historical hour obliges us to an attitude both of humility and action… The loss of credibility is far from over but we will rebuild credibility step by step,” he said.
