In Britain on Tuesday the government-authorized Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse published its 154-page Investigation Report on the Roman Catholic Church (full text) (press release announcing the report). The Report says in part:
As we have said previously, faith organisations are marked out from most other institutions by their explicit moral purpose. The Roman Catholic Church is no different. In the context of the sexual abuse of children, that moral purpose was betrayed over decades by those in the Church who perpetrated this abuse and those who turned a blind eye to it. The Church’s neglect of the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of children and young people in favour of protecting its reputation was in conflict with its mission of love and care for the innocent and vulnerable.
The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales issued a statement welcoming the report. Law & Religion UK has more on the Report.
