The UN Committee against Torture “found that the widespread sexual violence within the Catholic Church amounted to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.”
After Vatican officials were called to Geneva in May 2014 to respond to tough questions like why the pope believed his responsibility for protecting children against torture only applied on Vatican property, the committee issued its report.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/6/7/1391284/-Pope-Francis-Defies-UN-on-Torturing-Children
After Vatican officials were called to Geneva in May 2014 to respond to tough questions like why the pope believed his responsibility for protecting children against torture only applied on Vatican property, the committee issued its report.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/6/7/1391284/-Pope-Francis-Defies-UN-on-Torturing-Children