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Friday, July 02, 2010 8:49:05 AM
Amid Church Abuse Scandal, an Office That Failed to Act
Diether Endicher/Associated Press
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1982. The office he led, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, had been given authority over abuse cases in 1922, documents show and canon lawyers confirm.
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
Published: July 1, 2010
National bishops’ conferences in some countries have adopted their own norms and standards. But several decades after sexual abuse by priests became a problem, Benedict has not yet instituted a universal set of rules.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/world/europe/02pope.html?_r=2&th&emc=th
Diether Endicher/Associated Press
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1982. The office he led, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, had been given authority over abuse cases in 1922, documents show and canon lawyers confirm.
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
Published: July 1, 2010
National bishops’ conferences in some countries have adopted their own norms and standards. But several decades after sexual abuse by priests became a problem, Benedict has not yet instituted a universal set of rules.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/world/europe/02pope.html?_r=2&th&emc=th
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