The move is part of a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.
A papal decree, which covers abuse of both children and adults,provides whistle-blower protections for anyone making a report and requires all dioceses around the world to have a system in place to receive the claims confidentially.
“We have said for years that priests must conform to certain strict rules, so why shouldn’t bishops and others in the hierarchy do the same?” said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of theThe law makes the world’s 415,000 Catholic priests and 660,000 religious sisters mandated reporters.
If it is implemented fully, the Vatican could well see an avalanche of abuse and cover-up reports in the coming years.
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