Bogotá, Colombia, Feb 15, 2012 / 16:06 pm
The bishops of Colombia said that the Church will prevent and confront sexual abuse through the formation of seminarians and by encouraging parents of victims to report their cases to civil authorities.
“The Church is aware that she must be in permanent process of renewal that includes purification and analysis what is going wrong in order to rectify it,” Archbishop Ruben Salazar, head of the Colombian bishops' conference, told newspaper El Tiempo on Feb. 11.
He said the victims of abuse should not only notify Church officials but also civil authorities, since civil and ecclesial trials are separate from each other.
“Our duty is to raise awareness about denouncing these abuses,” he said.