Italian Bishops’ Conference Establishes National Center for Youth Protection

The center will ‘help start diocesan paths to provide formation for the prevention of abuse’ and assist in canonical and civil lawsuits.

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ROME— With the intention of “providing a radical solution” to the sex-abuse issue, the Italian bishops’ conference established Thursday a new center for youth protection and pledged to update its 2014 guidelines on countering sexual abuse.

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