Zero tolerance tolerated. (signs of the times).HONG KONG Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. -- While the Catholic church in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. has been consumed with the clergy sex abuse crisis, the issue also has figured in other places around the world, such as Austria, Ireland, and Hong Kong. Following newspaper reports that the Diocese of Hong Kong did not notify civil authorities of abuse allegations against three of its 300 priests, church officials in the former British colony in May confirmed the allegations, according to BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. News and Catholic News Service. The diocese also issued a statement declaring a no-tolerance policy for church personnel who have abused children. "The diocesan authorities," the statement said, "cannot and will not tolerate pedophile pedophile Forensic psychiatry A person with pedophilia; there are an estimated 500,000 pedophiles in the world. See Child prostitution, Megan's law, Pedophilia. practices in any shape or form--whether of the serial or singular kind--least of all by priests." |
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