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To: Dayuhan who wrote (10684)	4/25/2002 9:04:26 AM
From: Poet	Respond to of 21057

The Pope paid lip service to your point a few days ago by saying that child abuse is a criminal act, but you're right, I still see no organized effort on the part of the Church to put in place a Churchwide policy of "all allegations of a possibly criminal nature will be reported to the civil authorities immediately".

To: Dayuhan who wrote (10684)	4/25/2002 9:23:10 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 21057

Nobody seems to be talking about the step that to me is most essential: immediately informing the civil authorities when such cases occur and turning over all evidence to them. I haven't been paying as much attention to the latest developments as I was earlier, but I recall that at least a couple of archdioceses already said that they were turning over their records to the authorities. I thought that how to handle old cases was pretty much a done deal. The ongoing discussion may be confusing because of the difference between old cases and new cases. For new cases, current incidents, how would allegations be reported? Were I a parent, I would go to the police, not the Church. Wouldn't you? The Church may still receive some allegations or Church officials might have direct observations or suspicions, but I would think that most allegations would be reported to the police so the question of what the Church does with allegations is less critical.