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Cardinal Cupich to help supervise task force named to assist bishops and religious create abuse guidelines

Pope Francis has set up a task force of qualified experts and canon lawyers to help bishops’ conferences and congregations of men and women religious with drawing up or revising guidelines for the protection of minors.

Following historic abuse summit, Vatican outlines concrete steps

Pope Francis’ anti-abuse summit marked a crucial moment in the Catholic Church’s response to this long-running scandal, seeking to end the culture of denial and come up with a global, coordinated strategy.

Reflection on the plenary in Rome: the protection of minors in the church

The historic meeting on the protection of children convened by the Holy Father Feb. 21-24 set the direction of the entire global church on the question of child safety.

Summit emphasizes global nature of abuse crisis, need to put victims first

The clerical sexual abuse crisis has caused “serious scandal” in the Catholic Church and in society “because of the dramatic suffering of the victims, as well as the unjustifiable lack of attention to them” and attempts by church leaders to cover up the crimes of the guilty, Pope Francis said.

U.S. cardinal: Summit affirms need to hold bishops accountable

The Vatican summit on child protection and the clerical sexual abuse crisis affirmed the U.S. bishops' strong belief that bishops and cardinals who abuse children or cover up abuse must be held accountable, said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston.

Analysis: After the Vatican's abuse summit, the stakes are clear

The long-awaited "Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church," nicknamed the abuse summit, was an extraordinary and historic gathering that surpassed many expectations while perhaps disappointing others.

Pope: No more excuses; time for 'all-out battle' against crime of abuse

The time has come for an "all-out battle" against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Cupich asks for new structure to ensure bishops' accountability

The Catholic Church needs "new legal structures of accountability" for bishops accused of sexual abuse or of negligence in handling abuse allegations, Cardinal Cupich told the Vatican summit on safeguarding.

Clericalism and abuse of power, at heart of sex abuse crisis, cardinal says

The abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is a call for bishops to unmask the deep-seated clericalism that placed protection of the institution of the church above the sufferings of victims, said the head of the council of Latin American bishops.

Bishops at abuse summit consider 21 action items to handle, prevent abuse

Immediately after asking bishops and religious superiors to be concrete in confronting the clerical sexual abuse crisis and the need to protect children in the church, Pope Francis handed them a list of 21 action items to consider.
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