A diretora da organização Bishop Acountability, Anne Barrett Doyle, e a psicóloga vítima de abusos na infância, Ann Hagan Webb, temem a eleição do secretário de Estado do Vaticano Pietro Parolin como papa, e o acusam de acobertar criminosos sexuais. Elas também têm reservas quanto ao cardeal filipino Luis Antonio Tagle, um dos favoritos no conclave.
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00:00Cardinal Paraline, as Secretary of State,
00:03é responsável por bloquear
00:06o acesso
00:08a abuso files por autoridades
00:11em países em países all over the world.
00:14Prosecutors e governos inquiries
00:16em poland, em australia,
00:19em unidade de kingdom, em bolívia,
00:22em chile,
00:23have all pedido o Holy See
00:25to release information to them
00:29about abusers
00:31in those countries
00:33who have raped and sexually assaulted children
00:36in those countries.
00:38That is information about sex crimes
00:42that belongs to those countries,
00:44but the Holy See says,
00:46no, we will not give you that information,
00:50and the person responsible
00:51for that decision
00:53is Cardinal Pietro Paraline.
00:56He is a secret keeper.
01:00That was one of his main tasks
01:03as Secretary of State of the Vatican.
01:06That is our primary concern about him
01:09because we need the next pope
01:10to be forthcoming about sex crimes,
01:13to be willing to reveal
01:14the names of the priests
01:16found guilty under church law,
01:17and there is absolutely no indication
01:21that Cardinal Paraline
01:23will practice transparency.
01:29Cardinal Tagley seems to have
01:32a clear understanding
01:33of how wounded victims are
01:35and also the culpability of bishops.
01:39I commend him for that,
01:40but he has no understanding
01:42of what the solution is.
01:44He has publicly advocated
01:46for solving the crisis
01:47behind closed doors.
01:50This is disaster.
01:51I believe he is a nice man,
01:54but I think his papacy
01:56would be terrible for victims
01:58and dangerous for children
02:00because you cannot solve this crisis
02:03behind closed doors.
02:05Secrecy favors perpetrators,
02:08and it hurts victims,
02:09and it hurts children.
02:11And I think Cardinal Tagley,
02:12with his aversion
02:15to names in the media
02:19and justice in the court system,
02:23I think it would be a disaster.
02:32Pope Francis made
02:34some small constructive changes.
02:36He criminalized the sexual abuse
02:39of vulnerable adults.
02:40That was a very important reform,
02:42probably the most important thing
02:43he's done.
02:45He also criminalized retaliation
02:48against whistleblowers
02:49and the gagging of victims.
02:51And he purportedly
02:55said that he would hold
02:57bishops accountable.
02:58He had an accountability law
03:00that detailed procedures
03:02for reporting and investigating bishops.
03:04It has proved to have little impact
03:07because it just involved,
03:10it was an internal
03:11self-policing system
03:13with absolutely no obligation
03:16to inform the public of anything.
03:18In a way,
03:18it was just a continuation
03:19of old policies
03:21with a new name.
03:22What we needed Pope Francis to do
03:24is what he refused to do,
03:26which is to enact
03:27a universal law
03:29that would remove
03:30all sex abusers
03:32permanently from ministry.
03:34This is a law we see
03:36in a weak form
03:37operating only
03:39in the United States Church.
03:41Those U.S. bishops in 2002
03:44got a waiver from the Vatican
03:46and were allowed to enact
03:48a strict removal policy,
03:51one strike and you're out
03:52for abusers.
03:54The Vatican has not allowed
03:56any other group of bishops
03:59to have this law.
04:01The result is a two-tier system
04:03that discriminates
04:05against children
04:06outside of the United States.
04:07I was abused by my parish priest
04:15who was a good friend
04:16of my grandfather's
04:17from the age of five to 12.
04:20I was the favorite in the class,
04:23so people,
04:25my classmates were jealous
04:27that I was taken out of class
04:28to help at the rectory so often.
04:31My parents were proud of me
04:34for being the favorite,
04:36but I held a terrible secret
04:38and was convinced
04:41that if I told
04:43that I would be the bad person,
04:47that I would be the,
04:48just like other survivors.
04:50Children believe that if they tell,
04:52they will be considered bad,
04:55not the priest,
04:56because priests are good.
04:57But luckily,
05:01I have a very loving family
05:02and that's very supportive.
05:05I've been able to go to therapy
05:07for 20-plus years.
05:09So I feel that I have a better deal
05:12than most survivors
05:14in that I've had opportunities
05:15to heal.
05:17And I've devoted my last 20-something years
05:21to advocating for survivors.
05:23and I've been able to do