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  2. Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church - Wikipedia

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    Ahead of the Vatican summit, the November 2018 U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Fall Assembly was considering its own proposals for procedures on how to handle bishops who have either abused children or who have been negligent in disciplining abusive priests. During this meeting, the Congregation for Bishops requested that any votes on such ...

  3. Ecclesiastical response to Catholic sexual abuse cases

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    In June 2002, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) unanimously approved a Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People that pledged the Catholic Church in the U.S. to providing a "safe environment" for all children in Church-sponsored activities. To accomplish this, the U.S. bishops made a commitment to develop ...

  4. National Review Board - Wikipedia

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    The National Review Board (full name: National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Young People) is a committee created in 2002 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in order to monitor the implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in the wake of the clerical abuse scandal in the United States.

  5. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Wikipedia

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    The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.Founded in 2001 after the merger of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ...

  6. U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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    Children with no standing in court cannot divorce until reaching 18 years of age. Babies, children and teens can be denied safe lifesaving medical help because of parental religious beliefs. The Convention also addresses issues concerning education, health care, juvenile justice, and the rights of children with disabilities. [2]

  7. John Jay Report - Wikipedia

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    The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States, commonly known as the John Jay Report, is a 2004 report by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, based on surveys completed by the Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States. [1]

  8. Children's rights - Wikipedia

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    Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."

  9. Catholic social teaching - Wikipedia

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    Catholic social doctrine is rooted in the social teachings of the New Testament, [13] the Church Fathers, [14] the Old Testament, and Hebrew scriptures. [15] [16] The church responded to historical conditions in medieval and early modern Europe with philosophical and theological teachings on social justice which considered the nature of humanity, society, economy, and politics. [17]