DECEMBER 26, 2019. ECA’S DECEMBER NEWSLETTER.
What survivors and activists say to look for in the report.
Report will span three decades and three Popes linked to cover up .
The key question the report must answer: When did John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis know about the abuse and what did they do about it?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
DECEMBER 22, 2019.
In a recent meeting with Pope Francis several leaders of the US hierarchy indicated that the long delayed and potentially explosive results of a 13 month long Vatican investigation into three decades of cover up of the criminal conduct of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington DC is soon to be released, perhaps before Christmas or early January.
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DECEMBER 19, 2019
Dear Sir/Madam,
This year 2019 is ending without the Holy See depositing for the third time, at the request of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the periodic report that gives an account of the fulfillment of the obligations contracted by subscribing to and being part of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Given that the Holy See has announced the end of the papal secret, there is nothing stopping them from fulfilling on their previous obligations for the report.
As a global network of clergy abuse survivors and human rights advocates, we urge you to petition the Holy See to present its third periodic report to the Commission on the Rights of the Child.
Our formal request […]
NOVEMBER 2019.
HIGHLIGHTS:
+ Historic verdict in Argentina.
+ Abuse survivors say statute of limitations keeps priests and the church from taking responsibility.
+ CRIN Report: Justice for survivors of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Latin America.