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In yet another cynical and well-timed move, Dope Francis:

1. Says a lot but ultimately does nothing.
2. Waited over a year to say something. Still had not done anything substantial.
3. Only said something to distract secular whistleblowers and journalists from the fast tracked canonization of the "pedophile's Pope" John Paul II. JP II is certainly one of the evil pieces of shit who allowed pedophiles and sadists to fill church ranks from priest to pope. Joltin Joe will be praying to this asshole soon.

NEW YORK
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

Groups blast Vatican before UN panel
Victims & advocates file detailed new complaint
Top Catholic officials will soon be questioned in Geneva
A similar UN panel harshly criticized church after first such hearing
This time, it's the Committee Against Torture looking at church hierarchy
Groups document on-going Catholic child sex abuse scandal as 'acts of torture'
Their goal: to “expose, punish & deter widespread & systematic sexual violence”

WHAT
Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, leaders of an abuse victims’ support group and a human rights organization will disclose and discuss their new formal complaint to a United Nations panel that sharply criticizes top Catholic officials for enabling and concealing sexual violence.

Next month in Geneva, Vatican officials will appear in person before that panel.

WHEN
Monday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m.

WHERE
Outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Ave (between 50th & 51st) in Manhattan

WHO
Four-six members of two groups - an international support group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org) and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

WHY
Next month in Geneva, the UN Committee on Torture will question Vatican officials on their compliance with an international treaty condemning and forbidding torture.

Representatives of SNAP and CCR are formally making a detailed and extensive complaint to the UN Committee. The 80+ page submission documents a systematic, widespread and on-going global practice of concealing rape and abuse, tolerated and enabled by the Vatican and shows how these acts constitute torture.

The jurisdiction of the UN Committee Against Torture names rape as a form of torture. Top Catholic officials signed and ratified the Convention on Torture nearly 15 years ago. By doing this, they legally agreed to uphold the rights and regulations laid out in the treaty.

The Vatican is now being called by the committee for its periodic review on how they have implemented the treaty.

SNAP and CCR’s submission shows the role played by Vatican officials in the on-going protection of perpetrators, the hiding of crimes and the enabling of rape, sexual assault, and torture of thousands of innocent children and vulnerable adults around the world.

In January, Vatican officials were called before the Committee on the Rights of the Child, also in Geneva, for their periodic review under another UN treaty which top church officials also signed. A month later, that committee released a long and scathing report on how the Catholic hierarchy is refusing to protect children and stop the systematic and widespread cover ups. The report attracted worldwide attention.

Pope Asks Forgiveness for “Evil” of Church Sex Abuse Epidemic...
UNITED STATES
Center for Constitutional Rights

April 11, 2014 – In response to Pope Francis’s statement today asking for “forgiveness for the damage [some priests] have done for having sexually abused children" and promising “sanctions”, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, issued the following statement:

"Actions speak louder than words. If Pope Francis wants to meaningfully address this crisis and the institutional impunity that perpetuates it, there are three steps he must take.

1. Remove all priests known to have raped children or others, and require reporting to secular authorities. Today, throughout the world, priests who are known to church officials continue to hold posts in congregations, schools, orphanages, and elsewhere, unbeknownst to local communities. The church has shown over and over that it cannot police itself. These matters must be turned over to the proper authorities, and it is well within the scope of Pope Francis’s power to make sure this happens.

2. Punish church officials who have covered up cases of rape and sexual violence by clergy, failed to report them, and obstructed investigations by law enforcement. Pope Francis’s promised “sanctions” must address the systemic impunity that helped to create the culture of rape and sexual violence that exists today within the church.

3. Encourage and protect church whistleblowers who have come forward with information about the crisis of sexual violence. So far church officials have intimidated and retaliated against whistleblowers. Pope Francis can and must work with whistleblowers to get to the root of the problem.

The Catholic Church is governed as a monarchy with the Pope having “supreme, immediate and universal ordinary power.” Pope Francis has all the authority he needs to move from words to action and stop further abuse."

Francis starred on "60 Minutes" last night. Praised across the board by CBS News ( ), including for the way he has resolved the abuse scandal.

Scandal's over. CBS News said so. You need a new hobby.

Get over it,

JoltinJoe wrote:Francis starred on "60 Minutes" last night. Praised across the board by CBS News ( ), including for the way he has resolved the abuse scandal.

Scandal's over. CBS News said so. You need a new hobby.

Get over it,

More lies from Joe the pedophile protector.