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ROME — Defending itself against a growing child-sexual-abuse scandal in Europe, the Vatican said Tuesday that local European churches had addressed the issue with “timely and decisive action.”
In a note read on Vatican Radio, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, cautioned against limiting the concerns over child sexual abuse to Roman Catholic institutions, noting the problem affected the broader society.
A wave of church sexual- abuse scandals has emerged in recent weeks in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, adding to the fallout from a broad abuse investigation in Ireland.
