Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims

Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay

Pope Francis extends Catholic Church's sexual abuse law to lay leaders

Pope Francis updated a 2019 ecclesiastical law that regulates clerical sexual abuse and expanded it to include the responsibility of lay Catholic leaders of religious organizations approved by the Vatican.

Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims.

Pope Francis expands Catholic Church sexual abuse law to cover lay leaders

(CNN) — Pope Francis has updated a 2019 church law governing clerical sexual abuse and extended it to include accountability for Catholic lay leaders of Vatican-approved religious organizations. Lay leaders are people other than clergy members who are on the professional rosters of the church. The norms were first defined by Francis in an Apostolic letter, Vos estis lux […]

Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims

Europe News: VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up cases of sex abuse, exp.

Pope extends sex abuse law to cover lay leaders

A letter, directly sent by the pontiff, says vulnerable adults could be victims of predator priests.