Vatican’s anti-child abuse panel
Title: Vatican’s anti-child abuse panel to issue first full report in 2024
Reporting: Alvise Armellini & Philip Pullella
Editing: Andrew Cawthorne & David Gregorio
Publisher: Reuters
Date: 29OCT2022
VATICAN CITY, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Vatican panel due to produce annual reports on child abuse prevention within the Catholic Church will not deliver its first full review until 2024, its secretary said on Friday.
In April, after a wider constitutional overhaul of Vatican structures, Pope Francis gave the Pontifical Council for the Protection of Minors a mandate to produce the reports.
Clerical sex abuse and cover up scandals have rocked the 1.35 billion-member Catholic Church for decades, undercutting its moral authority and taking a toll on membership and coffers.
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