Media reports are wrong to claim that the Vatican is telling new bishops
that they don’t have to report sexual abuse, Holy See spokesman Father
Federico Lombardi said.
A reported comment from a Vatican consultant is “not in any way – as someone has mistakenly interpreted – a new Vatican document or a new instruction or new 'guidelines' for bishops,” Fr. Lombardi said Feb. 11.
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/NewsBriefs/Default.aspx?rssGuid=vatican-no-bishops-are-not-being-told-to-cover-up-abuse-22221/
A reported comment from a Vatican consultant is “not in any way – as someone has mistakenly interpreted – a new Vatican document or a new instruction or new 'guidelines' for bishops,” Fr. Lombardi said Feb. 11.
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/NewsBriefs/Default.aspx?rssGuid=vatican-no-bishops-are-not-being-told-to-cover-up-abuse-22221/