August 13, 2021
This class action brings suit against the Holy See in Vatican City for a policy of secrecy and concealment in regard to child sexual abuse by clergy. The refusal to face and deal with sexual abuse, the complaint says, led to the development and continuation of such abuse “as a pervasive and systemic problem in the Catholic Church, in which perpetrators were protected and victims were silenced.”
Case Event File: Holy See and Childhood Sexual Abuse New York ComplaintRelated to: Holy See and Childhood Sexual Abuse New York Class Action