|
(詳細はabuse cases by country. The Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Europe has been documented by cases in several dioceses in European nations. Investigation and widespread reporting were conducted in the early 21st century related to dioceses in the United States of America; several American dioceses were bankrupted by settlement of civil lawsuits from victims. A significant number of cases have also been reported in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. In 2001, lawsuits were filed in the United States and Ireland, alleging that some priests had sexually abused minors and that their superiors had conspired to conceal and otherwise abet their criminal misconduct.〔Bruni, p. 336.〕 In 2004, the ''John Jay report'' tabulated a total of 4,392 priests and deacons in the U.S. against whom allegations of sexual abuse had been made. The numbers of reported abuse allegations and court cases has increased worldwide since then. The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has asked for detailed information on the full extent of child abuse worldwide by priests, monks and nuns. It has also asked how the Vatican prevents abusers from contacting additional children and how the Vatican ensures that known crimes against children are reported to the police. In the past there were issues over the Church hierarchy failing to report abuse to law enforcement and allowing abusers further contact with children. November 1, 2013 was set as a deadline for receiving the information.〔("U.N. rights body poses tough questions to Vatican over child abuse" ) (U.N. rights body poses tough questions to Vatican over child abuse )〕 == Prevalence == In a statement read by Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi in September 2009, the Holy See stated, "We know now that in the last 50 years somewhere between 1.5% and 5% of the Catholic clergy has been involved in sexual abuse cases", adding that this figure was comparable to that of other groups and denominations.〔(Webcast )〕 ''A Perspective on Clergy Sexual Abuse'' by Catholic Dr. Thomas Plante of the Catholic Santa Clara University and volunteer clinical associate professor at Stanford University states that "approximately 4% of priests during the past half century (and mostly in the 1960s and 1970s) have had a sexual experience with a minor" which "is consistent with male clergy from other religious traditions and is significantly lower than the general adult male population which may double these numbers".〔Thomas Plante: OpEd: "A Perspective on Clergy Sexual Abuse," ''San Jose Mercury News,'' March 24, 2002 ((updated online version ))〕〔''Pastoral Psychology,'' Vol. 52, No. 5, May 2004 ( C ° 2004) "The Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Roman Catholic Church: What Psychologists and Counselors Should Know", Thomas G. Plante, 1;2;3 and Courtney Daniels1 Springer Publishing, 2004 http://www.scu.edu/cas/psychology/faculty/upload/Plante-Clergy-Paper-2.pdf〕Plante's article was based on a study done by John Jay College. It was compiled solely from numbers provided by leaders of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which paid John Jay College to do the study.〔(Mean Men ) "John Jay College's study of Catholic priests...was authorized and is being paid for by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops following the public outcry over the 2002 scandals."〕 According to an article reported in ''Newsweek'' magazine, the figure for adult abuse of children in the Catholic Church is similar to that in the rest of the adult population. After widespread publicity about the abuse, in 2013 Barbara Blaine, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), stated, "We are confident that the ICC will see sufficient evidence that high ranking Catholic officials are still knowingly enabling predators to harm and endanger children across the world, while concealing these heinous crimes even more effectively." A group had filed charges in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Catholic Church for what it said was crimes against humanity because of its policy on this issue.〔(Pope Benedict XVI International Criminal Court Investigation Requested By Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Rejected )〕〔(For now, Vatican officials will not face criminal charges )〕 The ICC refused to investigate. SNAP representatives note there most Catholics were found in the Third World, where child molestation is more easily concealed. They argued that it was necessary to guard against “the tempting assumption that the worst of this scandal is somehow behind us.”〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic sex abuse cases by country」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|