By Alvise Armellini
ROME (Reuters) – The pinnacle of the Vatican workplace that disciplines predator monks on Tuesday known as on bishops internationally to report all suspect little one abuse circumstances to him so as “to clean up this situation”.
The Roman Catholic Church has for many years been shaken by scandals internationally involving paedophile monks and the cover-up of their crimes, damaging its credibility and costing tons of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in settlements.
“I want all cases brought to light, so that the Church can be transparent,” mentioned Father John Joseph Kennedy, an Irish cleric and head of the disciplinary part of the Vatican’s doctrinal workplace (DDF).
“I worry for the countries and the bishops who are not sending us the cases. It would be better to have a truck arrive in front of (our office) with all the cases, we get to work and clean up this situation,” he informed reporters.
He didn’t say which nations or dioceses he suspected have been failing to report.
Kennedy, who not often speaks to the press or seems in public, belongs to a secretive establishment criticised for its lack of transparency. He acknowledged the issue and hinted at modifications “in the not distant future”.
Victims of abusive monks, for instance, routinely complain that they aren’t knowledgeable in regards to the investigations.
Kennedy, who works underneath Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, head of the DDF and considered one of Pope Francis’ closest aides, mentioned about 77% of circumstances which are reported to his workplace concerned little one abuse.
He was addressing journalists on the sidelines of a convention in Rome on little one intercourse abuse in Italy, a rustic the place bishops have been slower than elsewhere in Europe to reply to scandals.
Each Francis and his predecessor, Benedict XVI, have pledged “zero tolerance” towards little one abuse, however critics say reforms launched to date haven’t been sufficient to root out abusive clergy and assist their victims.
