In an unprecedented report, it urged the Vatican to "immediately remove all known and suspected child sexual abusers from assignment and refer the matter to the relevant law enforcement authorities for investigation and prosecution purposes".
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child also denounced the Church for failing to live up to its repeated pledges to handle abuse complaints internally. It criticised the Vatican for "systematically" placing concerns for its reputation ahead of its responsibility to protect children by failing to remove clergy suspected of molestation.
