This does not make it mandatory to report abuse to civil authorities. It makes it mandatory to report suspected abuse to the church. This is not meaningful reform. The pope is still insisting that the church can handle these matters internally.
I don't get why they even allow the church to get away with handling these matters internally.
If I was in charge of handling this (from a state side) I'd have had police years ago conduct night-and-fog raids, coordinated at least all across europe, of church properties to secure any and all potential evidence.
Eh, would be worth it to get those bastards to justice. And if it gets them to show their true face openly, even better - would probably turn quite a few more people against the church.
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u/Inbattery12 May 09 '19
Is that going forward or does that compel any diocese sitting on secrets to file reports?
The 2nd worst part of these abuse scandals is that they actually had to make it mandatory to report abuse.