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1 March 2017

No order for seminarian pedophilia test

The Vatican has directed Catholic seminaries to assess aspiring priests and brothers for homosexuality but not for an attraction to children, a royal commission has heard.
Sister Lydia Allen, who conducts assessments at a Homebush seminary in Sydney, said she didn't think there needed to be a direction to test those who wanted to enter the priesthood or a religious order for sexual tendencies towards children because it was just "obvious" it should be done.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/34407017/priests-need-more-in-the-field-training/#page1