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Comunicato della Pontificia Commissione per la tutela dei minori (inglese e italiano)
(a cura Redazione "Il sismografo")
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The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Following media queries regarding Australia’s 60 Minute program broadcast Sunday May 31st last, the members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors wish to issue the following statement:
“The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, as mandated by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, has no jurisdiction to comment on individual cases or inquiries.
Regarding Australia’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Institutional Child Sex Abuse, all appropriate questions are being dealt with by the Truth, Justice and Healing Council in Australia, which is coordinating the local churches' response to the Royal Commission’s findings.
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors remains dedicated to its mission as outlined in the recently approved provisional Statutes, which is to help the Church worldwide protect minors and make certain that the interests of abuse survivors and victims’ are paramount.
To this ends the Commission considers it essential that those in positions of authority in the Church respond promptly, transparently and with the clear intent of enabling justice to be achieved”.