{"id":7893,"date":"2004-02-20T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2004-02-20T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/vatican_abuse_report.html"},"modified":"2004-02-20T09:30:48","modified_gmt":"2004-02-20T09:30:48","slug":"vatican_abuse_report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/vatican_abuse_report.html","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Abuse Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/20040218.htm\">From Catholic News Service:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The report, to be published by the Pontifical Academy for Life, was based on a Vatican-sponsored symposium of scientific experts held last April. It includes the papers delivered at the symposium, summaries of follow-up discussions involving Vatican officials and the experts, and introductory and conclusive chapters.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic News Service obtained a preliminary copy of the report, which was expected to undergo minor editing changes before being sent out to bishops&#8217; conferences in early March.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that while the church has been rocked by the &#8220;terrible phenomenon&#8221; of sexual abuse it also has some unique advantages when it comes to preventing future abuse &#8212; particularly in using psychological techniques more carefully during the long period of seminary training.<\/p>\n<p>It said that in facing the problem church leaders need more contact with scientific experts in the field.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Catholic News Service: The report, to be published by the Pontifical Academy for Life, was based on a Vatican-sponsored symposium of scientific experts held last April. It includes the papers delivered at the symposium, summaries of follow-up discussions involving Vatican officials and the experts, and introductory and conclusive chapters. 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