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11 February 2018

Church's legal procedures for abuse cases need changing, expert says

Even though the Catholic Church has all the necessary norms and laws in place to safeguard minors from abuse by clergy, the problem continues to be a lack in understanding or caring about those rules and guidelines and applying them effectively, said one Jesuit expert.
But what must change, "without a doubt," are church procedures for handling accusations of abuse, said Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, head of the Pontifical Gregorian University's Center for Child Protection.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/churchs-legal-procedures-abuse-cases-need-changing-expert-says