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Saturday, May 10, 2014
Vatican seeking to limit responsibility for child sex abuse before UN
[JURIST] The Vatican appeared before the Geneva committee [official websites] that oversees the UN Convention Against Torture [text] on Monday, arguing that a strict interpretation of the convention limited the church's responsibility for the international priest sex abuse scandal. The universal governing structure of the Catholic church has insisted that their obligation to protect against torture does not extend worldwide, but instead within the confines of the small Vatican City. According to the Vatican spokesperson, when officials signed the UN...
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