Pope Francis has laid down the law. He introduced sweeping orders that compel priests and nuns to report pedophile clergy and bishops who cover up abuse to church authorities.
Bishops and cardinals accused of abuse or covering up for priests are to be investigated by senior, or so-called metropolitan bishops, who must complete their reports within 90 days — unusually fast for the church’s notoriously slow bureaucracy — and can ask lay experts to assist them.
Houston Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the head of the U.S. bishops’ conference, said on Thursday the new rules are a"blessing that will empower the church everywhere to bring predators to justice no matter what rank they hold in the church." “It’s taken a long time, if you consider the scandals have been ongoing since 2002, but these rules close a lot of loopholes and are a milestone,” said Gerard O’Connell, an associate editor of America, the Jesuit magazine.The rules do not compel priests to contact local civil authorities the moment they suspect abuse has taken place in their ranks. Instead, priests are told to follow the requirements of local civil law, which may not always require the reporting of allegations to police.
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