Protecting children and removing abusers from the Catholic Church should
be among the top priorities of a national assembly of 250 Catholic
bishops meeting in St. Louis, a church leader told the bishops on
Wednesday.
Francesco Cesareo, the chair of the national review lay board, called on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to improve its annual audit of U.S. dioceses' work on protecting children and removing abusers from the church. Cesareo said audits should include adults who commit “boundary violations” — generally touching in non-sexual ways — because these violators sometime move on to sexual abuse. Spotting problems early can help reduce abuses, he said.
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Francesco Cesareo, the chair of the national review lay board, called on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to improve its annual audit of U.S. dioceses' work on protecting children and removing abusers from the church. Cesareo said audits should include adults who commit “boundary violations” — generally touching in non-sexual ways — because these violators sometime move on to sexual abuse. Spotting problems early can help reduce abuses, he said.
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