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By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 6/10/2011
Roman Catholic bishops in Asia say they plan a meeting on child sex abuse as part of “drastic and immediate measures” in the region in the wake of a global scandal that has engulfed the Church.
The “Impact of Paedophilia-Crisis on the Church in Asia” seminar will discuss the seriousness of the issue and the impact on victims, according to the Federation of Roman Catholic Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC).
It comes weeks after the Vatican said priests suspected of sexually abusing children should face legal action in a letter laying out provisional procedures. Bishops have until May 2012 to deliberate on the proposals.
An undated letter from FABC said it had decided to hold the conference, to be held in Bangkok in November, because bishops “receive letters from different quarters of the Church that paedophilia has already become a considerably serious problem in Asia”.
The invitation stressed that while the child abuse crisis had “not yet come into the open in the societies of Asian countries”, the Church should not be “complacent” and assume paedophilia is a problem of only the West.
A FABC representative confirmed the meeting would be held in November but was not reachable for further comment.
The Vatican has come under intense pressure in recent years over paedophilia and the scandal of child-abuser priests peaked last year with a string of high-profile revelations in Belgium, Germany and Ireland.
The Holy See has been accused of being slow to out paedophile priests and Amnesty International said in April it was still failing to meet international obligations to protect children.
May’s guidelines from the Vatican, which stressed that civil law should always be followed, were criticised by victims’ groups who called for internationally binding policies.
The seminar in Asia will include lectures on the definition of paedophilia, the impact of the issue on the Church, the rights of the alleged abuser and the obligation of religious leaders to protect children.
A group of bishops at the November 14 to 19 meeting will be tasked with devising guidelines for how to deal with sex abuse scandals in the region.
“The seminar in Asia will include lectures on the definition of paedophilia”
Why? Why seminars on the definition of paedophilia? Who’s defintion? And, why?
There has been endless dancing on the head of a pin on this one.
Is Hod Marshall a paedophile? According to the “experts,” would Hod be categorized as a paedophile?
I doubt it.
So, what of the Hod Marshall’s of the priesthood who are molesters but presumably not paedophiles? (That, but the way, is the large majority of child molesters. Most if not all fall outside the definition which is being pushed as the paedophile norm, with the defining age of victims gradually being reduced to 10 or 11.)
Remember that in canonical “Church” parlance non-paedophiles clerical molesters are viewed as quite a few canonical notches above their paedophile brethern.
I don’t know what “they” are up to, but “they” are playing around with language and definitions, and with our minds.
I have said before and I will say again, I now refer to all clergy who sexually abuse children molesters and/or predators. I personally don’t care if “experts” call them paedophiles, or ephebophiles, or pederasts, or heterosexual pedophiles, or homosexual paedophiles, or bisexual paedophiles or hebophiles. They molest children. As clergy who are one and all wolves in sheeps’ clothing, one is no better than the other.
Watch the laguage!
…Indonesia!!..How surprising!…South America, Africa…
Some discussion time should be reserved for the selection of “stone sizes” to make sure they do not resurface again after sullying the life of just one child…A very small committee needed, with no need to wait for another generation to be destroyed and covered in lies. A November meeting will turn into years of tactics, again! They can cancel some of the meetings…we all know what to do with the selected stone: tied around the neck, to quote the Good Book…
JG
I prefer the word PERVERT . It is plain, simple, easily understood, and describes the deviant person they are.