A United Nations' committee
concerned with children's rights is requesting that the Vatican provide
complete details about every accusation it has ever received of the
sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors implementation of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, published July 1 "a list of issues" it found lacking in the Vatican's latest report on its compliance with the international obligations it accepted when it ratified the convention.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors implementation of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, published July 1 "a list of issues" it found lacking in the Vatican's latest report on its compliance with the international obligations it accepted when it ratified the convention.