Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Vatican ordered Irish bishops to hide child abuse...

A newly revealed document shows that the Vatican instructed Irish bishops not to report child abuse cases in the 1990s, providing more evidence of the Roman Catholic Church's involvement in a massive cover-up of the scandal.

According to a newly disclosed letter written by Vatican officials back in 1997, Ireland's Catholic bishops were instructed to withhold evidence or suspicions of crimes related to any child abuse cases involving pedophile priests and to prevent reporting of abuse to criminal authorities, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. More...

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