New Delhi:
The ‘zero tolerance on sexual abuse’ policy adopted by the Catholic Church in India only addresses the issue of sexual abuse of children and not of women, which is far more prevalent in India, writes women’s rights lawyer Flavia Agnes in The Asian Age.
Despite her anxiety that writing on this issue may be cited out of context at a time when churches and priests are being attacked, she says “the extreme vulnerability of the victims, and the attitude of the Church hierarchy of sweeping it under the carpet, compels me to write.”
http://www.ucanindia.in/news/disrobe-priests-guilty-of-sexual-abuse-of-women-catholic-lawyer/32167/daily
The ‘zero tolerance on sexual abuse’ policy adopted by the Catholic Church in India only addresses the issue of sexual abuse of children and not of women, which is far more prevalent in India, writes women’s rights lawyer Flavia Agnes in The Asian Age.
Despite her anxiety that writing on this issue may be cited out of context at a time when churches and priests are being attacked, she says “the extreme vulnerability of the victims, and the attitude of the Church hierarchy of sweeping it under the carpet, compels me to write.”
http://www.ucanindia.in/news/disrobe-priests-guilty-of-sexual-abuse-of-women-catholic-lawyer/32167/daily