A letter, directly sent by the pontiff, also said that vulnerable adults could be victims of predator priests.
POPE FRANCIS TODAY extended a 2019 law to fight sexual abuse in the Church by making lay Catholic leaders responsible for acts committed under their watch in Vatican-approved bodies.“The updated text specifies that ‘the lay faithful who are or have been moderators of international associations of the faithful recognised or created by the Holy See for acts committed’ while they were in office”, the Vatican said in a statement.
Bode, 72, had been under pressure since the September release of a report by the University of Osnabrueck which accused him of failing to deal with sexual assaults against minors. According to a 2018 university survey, at least 3,677 children in Germany were victims of sexual violence by members of the clergy between 1946 and 2014.
Initially, things did not go well, with a 2014 commission on protecting minors undermined by the resignations of two key members, while in 2018, his defence of a Chilean priest accused of covering up abuse sparked a backlash.
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