Vatican prosecutor warns on Asia child abuse problem | ABS-CBN News:
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's top anti-abuse prosecutor has warned that the Catholic Church in Asia is falling behind in the fight against pedophilia due to cultural differences over what constitutes child abuse.
"The problem is very accentuated in Asia," Archbishop Charles Scicluna told reporters ahead of a major international conference this week in the Vatican's Gregorian University on the crisis of pedophilia in the Church.
Scicluna, who addressed an unprecedented closed-door meeting on the issue with Asian Church leaders in Bangkok in November last year, added: "There is an awareness that there is abuse and something needs to be done.
"The problem is very accentuated in Asia," Archbishop Charles Scicluna told reporters ahead of a major international conference this week in the Vatican's Gregorian University on the crisis of pedophilia in the Church.
Scicluna, who addressed an unprecedented closed-door meeting on the issue with Asian Church leaders in Bangkok in November last year, added: "There is an awareness that there is abuse and something needs to be done.
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