The Church has secret rules for priests with children

A few days before the beginning of an unprecedented summit of religious from around the world convened by the pope to deal with the scandal of badual abuse in the Church, The Vatican has revealed that there are written guidelines on what to do when a priest breaks the vow of celibacy and has children.

The information was provided by the spokesman of the Holy See, Alessandro Gisotti. "I can confirm that these guidelines exist", said the official, in response to a question from the New York Times.

The "internal document" directives of 2017 synthesize decades of procedures with "the protection of the child as a fundamental principle", Gisotti told the American newspaper. They also provide that the father leaves the priesthood and badumes his father's responsibility by devoting himself exclusively to the child.

"It's the next scandal – there are children everywhere," he told the newspaper Vincent Doyle, an Irish psychotherapist who, at age 28, knew he was the son of a young man. ;a priest, and that after the initial impact, created a support group for people in the same situation, sent the Ansa news agency. Although there is no estimate of the number of children of priests, Doyle told the New York Times that the Coping International online support group he created has 50,000 registered people from 175 countries.

The professional said that he had seen the Vatican's directives for the first time in October 2017 and that he had been "shocked" to discover that "they had a term to define us:" neat children "". Doyle goes to Rome, in view of the summit that begins tomorrow and ends Sunday, where other people will be children of priests, other victims of badual abuse committed by priests and nuns badually badaulted by religious.

The pope did not comment too much on this. However, in his book Heaven and Earth, published in 2010 while he was archbishop of the city of Buenos Aires, Jorge Bergoglio indicates that a priest who violates a vow of celibacy can potentially continue to minister, but who begets a son does "The natural law precedes his right to priest," says Francisco, for whom the first responsibility of a priest would be to take care of his son. "He must give up his priestly ministry and take care of him," he says.

The summit and its setting

Francisco to hold four-day summit to prevent clergy badual abuse, a meeting with many expectations whose intention is that Catholic Bishops around the world know that the problem is global and that concealment will have consequences.

The meeting takes place at a critical moment for the Church and the Papacy of Francisco, after the outbreak of the scandal in Chile last year and a new indignation in the United States, before decades of camouflage only emerge from the report of a jury investigator. in Pennsylvania.

The meeting is divided into three thematic days and the last day, Sunday, is for a Mbad that will end with a speech by the pontiff. The presence of about 114 Presidents of Episcopal Conferences is expected.

Catholic orders apologize for concealing

Catholic religious orders around the world apologized yesterday for failing to respond when their priests raped children, recognizing that their communities blinded them to badual abuse and created loyalties, denials and misplaced cover-ups.

Two organizations representing male and female religious orders around the world issued a joint statement on the eve of Pope Francis' summit on the prevention of badual abuse, which begins tomorrow. They are committed to implementing measures against superiors that hide allegations of abuse and ensure the safety of children.

With few exceptions, religious orders have ignored the abuse scandal for decades, as they focused on how diocesan bishops protect their priests. However, congregations such as Jesuits, Salesians and Christian Brothers are among the worst records. Many orders have transferred abusive priests from one post to another and even in this case, the parents have had access to minors because many orders are devoted to the management of schools.

The General Union of Superiors represents religious men (about 133,000 worldwide) and the General International Union of Superiors, women (about 500,000).

They ask to make public the names of pedophiles

The American Phil Saviano, who claimed to have been a victim of clergy abuse and whose case has served the Boston Globe newspaper to unveil the camouflage for years of such crimes by the local Church, He asked the Vatican to publish the names of the priests guilty of pedophilia.

"We want them to reveal to us the names of the priests who committed badual abuse and the bishops who concealed them. The Vatican has them, "said Saviano, who will try to convey this message to the victims who will meet the organizing committee of the historic summit on abuse.

The keys

Revelation A few days before the religious summit to prevent abuse in the church, the Vatican revealed that there were written guidelines on what a priest should do if he has children.

The New York Times: the information was published in the New York newspaper, which consulted a source from the Holy See. "These guidelines exist," said Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti.

Son of priest: The Irish Vincent Doyle knew at 28 years old that he was the son of a priest. "There are kids everywhere," said Doyle, creator of the Coping International website, to help people in the same situation. The site has 50,000 subscribers from 175 countries.