Rome Summit Looks to Improve Church’s Handling of Child Sexual Abuse

By Rosie Scammell, Religion News Service
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Left to right: The Rev. James Corkery, the Rev. Hans Zollner, Bishop Edward J. Burns, Sister Sara Butler, and Philippa Hitchen speak to the press during a conference on how to handle the current clergy sex abuse crisis. Photo via Rosie Scammell / RNS
Jun 25, 2015
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As the Vatican continues to work on policies to combat clergy sex abuse, a leading pontifical university in Rome hosted a conference this week on how the Catholic Church can better address the current crisis and released details of a new diploma program on protecting children.

A series of measures pushed through in recent months by Pope Francis has given Vatican officials new tools for dealing with child molesters within the church, but critics argue that the Holy See has been too slow to act on scandals globally.

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Left to right: The Rev. James Corkery, the Rev. Hans Zollner, Bishop Edward J. Burns, Sister Sara Butler, and Philippa Hitchen speak to the press during a conference on how to handle the current clergy sex abuse crisis. Photo via Rosie Scammell / RNS