Vatican receives 600 abuse cases a year
Vatican receives 600 abuse cases a year Updated: 07:44, Wednesday February 6, 2013 The Vatican's new chief prosecutor against clerical child abuse says his office is receiving around 600 new cases a year, many of them dating back to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican revised its in-house rules to deal with clerical sex abuse cases Thursday, targeting priests who molest the mentally disabled as well as children and doubling the statute of limitations for such crimes.