Pope issues updated 'Vos Estis' text for handling abuse cases

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the leaders of Vatican-recognized international Catholic lay associations and movements have the same responsibilities over their members that a bishop has over the priests of his diocese.

The updated version of 'Vos Estis Lux Mundi' (You are the light of the world), published March 25, also expanded the categories of victims covered by the regula

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