Hitchens tries to indict the Pope
There’s been a bit of discussion on tigtog’s thread about an apparently co-ordinated call by Christopher Hitchens and others, supported by Richard Dawkins for the Pope to face criminal indictment over the clerical child abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church. [...]
Vatican tells bishops to report abuse cases to police
The Guardian: Vatican issues detailed instructions to all bishops after criticism of Catholic church’s handling of paedophile priests Yep. Not actually that hard to do, in the end. So why did it take so long? Update: [by Kim] I’ve put [...]
Mandatory reporting to be overhauled in NSW
The New South Wales government has announced reforms of the child protection system in that state, in response to the findings of the Wood commission. Notable amongst the reforms are a shift of some activities to NGOs (supported by considerable [...]
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