UN receives new report on clergy sexual abuse crisis. (Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal).A CATHOLICS FOR A FREE Choice-led delegation presented a new report illustrating the international scope of the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic church to the United Nations Committee an the Rights of the Child. The report, The Holy See and the Convention on the Rights of the Child The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, often referred to as CRC or UNCRC, is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. , shows that the church hierarchy has attempted to minimize the scandal by defining it as a problem largely confined to the US; has spun the problem as one resulting from progressive thinking in the church; and ignored cover-ups by senior church officials who have yet to be held accountable for their actions. CFFC CFFC Catholics For a Free Choice CFFC Commander, Fleet Forces Command CFFC Commander, US Fleet Forces Command CFFC Christian Forever, Forever Christian CFFC Cult Forever Forever Cult (band) also called for a meeting with Vatican officials to discuss the report and its implications as well as recommendations to solve the crisis. "This report shows that sexual abuse in the Catholic church is not an American crisis. It is a global crisis with victims around the world," said Frances Kissling Frances Kissling (born 1943) was President of Catholics for a Free Choice from its founding in 1982 until her resignation in February 2007. Early life Frances Kissling was born Frances Romanski into a Polish working-class Catholic family in New York in 1943,[1] , president of CFFC. "Because of the scope of the crisis, the church needs to respond now and develop a plan of action. The Holy See acceded to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990, and thereby pledged to uphold its provisions. Sadly, the report illustrates the Holy See's failure to effectively implement the Convention in the twelve years since its accession. We hope to find out why and provide recommendations to remedy this failure." CFFC asked the Committee to: * Insist that the Holy See submit a full reporting of the magnitude of the problem of clergy child sexual abuse Child sexual abuse is an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. ; * Demand from the Holy See a concrete plan on how it will deal with reparations reparations, payments or other compensation offered as an indemnity for loss or damage. Although the term is used to cover payments made to Holocaust survivors and to Japanese Americans interned during World War II in so-called relocation camps (and used as well to for past abuse and prevention of abuse; and * Require that other States Parties to the Convention report accurately on the abuse in their own countries. The delegation included Frances Kissling; Dr. Jose Barba-Martin, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM ITAM Instituto Tecnológico Autonomo de Mexico ITAM Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México ITAM Immunoreceptor Tyrosine–based Activation Motif ITAM Information Technology Asset Management ITAM Integrated Training Area Management (Program) ); Roberto J. Blancarte, Center of Sociological Studies of El Colegio de Mexico; Simon W. Kennedy, attorney; Sara Morello, canon lawyer and Senior Associate at CFFC; Anthony T. Padovano, theologian; and Mark Furnish, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, is the oldest and most active support group for women and men abused by religious authority figures in the US. It is an independent, non-profit organization with no connections with any churches. (SNAP). |
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