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St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) Vienna, Austria
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O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
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Robert Royal
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Brad Miner
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Updated Vatican sex-abuse rules: still flawed
Phil Lawler, Catholic World News
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Pope Francis has issued definitive rules for the handling of abuse complaints, in a final version of the 2019 document, Vos Estis Lux Mundi. But the definitive version of Vos Estis fails to resolve the basic problem with the original document: the enforcement of the norms remains entirely subject to the discretion of the bishops who interpret them, which has been the problem all along.