1354 - Victims of sexual abuse require the Church

Victims of sexual abuse by priests, met in Rome to demand action against clerics Vatican sinners.

Several former students of a school for the deaf in Verona, Italy, marched to the parliament, after having conducted a symposium on the psychological and legal affairs of those who were sexually abused by priests.

Domolo Salvatore, a former priest, 46, claims he was sexually abused by his parish priest at Novarra. He noted, to the fifty participants, victims were very upset after seeing the contents of the letter sent this week by the Vatican.

In the letter, the Holy See proposes a set of general suggestions are not mandatory, something like a guide to help the bishops to enact policies against abuse.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith addressed the role of religious leaders in handling abuse cases, where again the credibility of the bishops to enforce child protection policies, is in doubt.

Lay evaluation committees in the United States and Ireland have argued that some bishops continue to employ practices of secrecy, showing his reluctance to indicate who were committed these acts.