Monday, April 18, 2011

Belgian MPs are urging the Church to compensate victims of sexual abuse

Brussels. .- Several Members Flemish part of the special parliamentary committee that examines sexual abuse within the Catholic Church Belgian, today urged the University to accelerate measures to ensure the earliest possible compensation for victims. The Church had already announced last December as part of the work of this committee, its intention to establish a solidarity fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse in the ecclesiastical and other segments of society who do not receive compensation through the courts.

Instead, deputies from different parties have emphasized today flamingos in VRT chain broadcasting the action of the Church "is worth waiting for." For its part, the Acting Prime Minister of Belgium, Yves Leterme, has asked the Vatican to distance itself from the former Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe, who this week acknowledged having abused children in a television program, which offered lurid details for their actions.

This issue has outraged the country by the harshness of the statements Vangheluwe, whose crimes have been prescribed. Erase the past is impossible, but compensation is possible. It is time not to hesitate, "said Carina Van Cauter, Flemish Liberal MP. The parliamentary committee has proposed to the Catholic Church to accept an arbitration court to compensate the victims of sexual abuse in their environment, emphasizes the agency Belga.

Thus, responsive to the will expressed by the ecclesiastical authorities to take a "moral responsibility", and the demand for tips on courses of action. The Belgian court is currently investigating alleged cases of pedophilia in the ecclesiastic, which might have affected several hundred people, according to the independent commission appointed Episcopal Conference to receive and treat such complaints.

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