Revised Charter on Protecting Minors Is Online

WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 28, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The revised edition of the «Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People» has been posted at the U.S. bishops’ conference Web site.

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The prelates approved the revision at their meeting earlier this month. It updates the charter approved last June, in the wake of news reports about priestly sex-abuse scandals.

The text, which accompanies and encompasses the «Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests or Deacons,» may be found at www.nccbuscc.org/bishops/charter.htm.

It is also available in a print edition, which may be ordered by telephoning (800) 235-8722 and asking for publication number 5-540.

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