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Pope Francis on Thursday formed a committee to fight child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in a landmark initiative after thousands of abuses and cover-ups, but campaigners said the new body would be toothless . While the compositi stanley cup on and precise tasks of the committee are yet to be established, the Vatican said it could vet future priests and establish codes of conduct and guidelines for responding to allegations. It could also propose ways of offering pastoral care to victims of abuse and look at ensuring greater cooperation between religious and lay investigators -- a key bone of contention in many of the abuse scandals. The announcement was made by US cardinal Sean O Malley, one of the eight members of a new council of cardinals set up by Francis to advise him and on whose recommendation the committee is being set up. O Malley is also the archbishop of Boston, which is where the accusations of abuse by priests first surfaced more than a decade ago before spreading elsewhere in the United States and around the world. The Holy Father has decided to constitute a committee for the protection of children, O Malley said at a Vatican press conference, adding that the make-up of the new body would stanley cup be announced in the near future . The card stanley cup inal stressed the importance of looking not only at legal procedures but also at the pastoral response and said education for clergymen had helped a lot in prevention, in spotting the danger signs . O Malley said the coun Mcoz India no longer strategic partner
Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life in a psychiatric ward on Thursday for one of Austria s most notorious crimes: Locking his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years, fathering her seven children and letting one die in captivity as a newborn. Fritzl, 73, sat calmly and bowed his head as a jury convicted him of all the charges against him - homicide, enslavement, rape, incest, forced imprisonment and coercion. After locking eyes with his lawyer, he waived his right to appeal, ending a case that has drawn revulsion worldwide. HT Image The homicide count - murder by neglect in German - was th yeezy e most serious charge, and the jury gave Fritzl the maximum punishment allowed. I regret it with all my heart ... I can t make it right anymore, Fritzl told the court hours before the verdicts were announced. Fritzl remained under a suicide watch, according to Erich Huber-Guensthofer, deputy head of the St. Poelten prison where Fritzl has been held. Court spokesman Franz Cutka said Fritzl would eventually be taken to a secure psychiatric ward for stanley cup mentally deranged criminals. Other court authorities said the exact facility had not been chosen yet. Officials said Fritzl would not be eligible for parole for at least 15 years and judges and psychiatric experts would have to concur with any decision to free him. He will also have to pay court costs. Th stanley cup e 11 months Fritzl already has spent in pretrial detention will count toward his parole. Huber-Guensthofer said Fritzl will remain jailed
Pope Francis on Thursday formed a committee to fight child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in a landmark initiative after thousands of abuses and cover-ups, but campaigners said the new body would be toothless . While the compositi stanley cup on and precise tasks of the committee are yet to be established, the Vatican said it could vet future priests and establish codes of conduct and guidelines for responding to allegations. It could also propose ways of offering pastoral care to victims of abuse and look at ensuring greater cooperation between religious and lay investigators -- a key bone of contention in many of the abuse scandals. The announcement was made by US cardinal Sean O Malley, one of the eight members of a new council of cardinals set up by Francis to advise him and on whose recommendation the committee is being set up. O Malley is also the archbishop of Boston, which is where the accusations of abuse by priests first surfaced more than a decade ago before spreading elsewhere in the United States and around the world. The Holy Father has decided to constitute a committee for the protection of children, O Malley said at a Vatican press conference, adding that the make-up of the new body would stanley cup be announced in the near future . The card stanley cup inal stressed the importance of looking not only at legal procedures but also at the pastoral response and said education for clergymen had helped a lot in prevention, in spotting the danger signs . O Malley said the coun Mcoz India no longer strategic partner
Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life in a psychiatric ward on Thursday for one of Austria s most notorious crimes: Locking his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years, fathering her seven children and letting one die in captivity as a newborn. Fritzl, 73, sat calmly and bowed his head as a jury convicted him of all the charges against him - homicide, enslavement, rape, incest, forced imprisonment and coercion. After locking eyes with his lawyer, he waived his right to appeal, ending a case that has drawn revulsion worldwide. HT Image The homicide count - murder by neglect in German - was th yeezy e most serious charge, and the jury gave Fritzl the maximum punishment allowed. I regret it with all my heart ... I can t make it right anymore, Fritzl told the court hours before the verdicts were announced. Fritzl remained under a suicide watch, according to Erich Huber-Guensthofer, deputy head of the St. Poelten prison where Fritzl has been held. Court spokesman Franz Cutka said Fritzl would eventually be taken to a secure psychiatric ward for stanley cup mentally deranged criminals. Other court authorities said the exact facility had not been chosen yet. Officials said Fritzl would not be eligible for parole for at least 15 years and judges and psychiatric experts would have to concur with any decision to free him. He will also have to pay court costs. Th stanley cup e 11 months Fritzl already has spent in pretrial detention will count toward his parole. Huber-Guensthofer said Fritzl will remain jailed