“If a bishop, priest or deacon is convicted of a criminal offence against children and is sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of 12 months or more, then it would normally be right to initiate the process of laicisation. Failure to do so would need to be justified. Initiation of the process of laicisation may also be appropriate in other circumstances.”
(Nolan, 2001, 3.5.32, p44).

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Monday, August 8, 2011

THE STONES CRY OUT: REPORT ON THE MACSAS SURVEY 2010

To read the MACSAS report, please see

http://www.macsas.org.uk/PDFs/News/macsas_survey2010/MACSAS_SurveyReportMay2011.pdf

There is specific reference to Salford on page P86

Amongst a wealth of information and very thorough and careful analysis, the MACSAS report concludes generally that

"... there has yet to be any radical change to the denial and minimisation of child sexual abuse seen within the Catholic Church over the past two decades." (P 79, paragraph 2.1.2.74)
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