{"id":49618,"date":"2025-06-10T15:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=49618"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:41:49","slug":"usccb-reports-decline-in-abuse-allegations-against-catholic-clergy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/usccb-reports-decline-in-abuse-allegations-against-catholic-clergy\/","title":{"rendered":"USCCB rapporteert daling in beschuldigingen van misbruik tegen katholieke geestelijken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/storage\/image\/usccb.hq.jpeg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">Hoofdkantoor van de Amerikaanse Bisschoppenconferentie in Washington, D.C. \/ Bron: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&#038;gt\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&#038;gt<\/a>;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nieuwsredactie Washington, D.C., 10 juni 2025 \/ 09:20 uur (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Sinds vorig jaar is er een daling van 32% in het aantal beschuldigingen van kindermisbruik door katholieke geestelijken in de VS, volgens het 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/resources\/2024%20CYP%20Annual%20Report%20(Digital).pdf\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">jaarverslag <\/a>van het Secretariaat voor de Bescherming van Kinderen en Jongeren van de Amerikaanse Bisschoppenconferentie (USCCB).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In totaal werden \u201c902 beschuldigingen gemeld door 855 slachtoffers-overlevenden van seksueel misbruik van kinderen door geestelijken\u201d, aldus het rapport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/news\/2025\/us-bishops-secretariat-child-and-youth-protection-releases-annual-report\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">zei<\/a>, vergeleken met 1.308 beschuldigingen door 1.254 overlevenden vorig jaar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Het jaarverslag, dat de periode van 1 juli 2023 tot 30 juni 2024 beslaat, is gebaseerd op een onderzoek onder 195 Amerikaanse katholieke bisdommen en eparchie\u00ebn, afkomstig uit gegevens verzameld door het Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate aan de Georgetown University, evenals een audit door StoneBridge Business Partners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De jaarlijkse rapportage vloeit voort uit de oprichting in 2002 door de Amerikaanse bisschoppen van het Handvest voor de Bescherming van Kinderen en Jongeren, dat een kader en protocollen vaststelde met betrekking tot beschuldigingen van seksueel misbruik van minderjarigen door katholieke geestelijken.<\/p>\n<p>In totaal werden 717 geestelijken beschuldigd binnen de meest recente auditperiode, waarbij de meerderheid van de beschuldigden (54%) reeds was overleden.<\/p>\n<p>StoneBridge wees ook op verschillende gevallen van niet-naleving door jurisdicties en entiteiten die in strijd zijn met de artikelen vastgelegd in het <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/resources\/Charter-for-the-Protection-of-Children-and-Young-People-2018-final%281%29.pdf\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">herziening van 2018<\/a> van het handvest voor jeugdbescherming.<\/p>\n<p>Het bisdom van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Verlossing van de Syrisch-Katholieke Kerk in de VS was bijvoorbeeld niet in overeenstemming met de regels vanwege het ontbreken van een trainingsprogramma voor een veilige omgeving en het niet uitvoeren van achtergrondonderzoeken bij vrijwilligers.<\/p>\n<p>Het bisdom Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania werd ondertussen berispt omdat het tijdens de auditperiode geen functionerende beoordelingscommissie had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHet meten van de naleving van het charter stelt elk bisdom\/eparchie in staat om sterke en zwakke punten te beoordelen en programmatische gebieden te identificeren die verbetering behoeven, wat cruciaal is voor onze missie om onze kinderen te beschermen\u201d, aldus het rapport.<\/p>\n<p>Het rapport herhaalde de toewijding van de Katholieke Kerk \u201com te werken aan het waarborgen van de veiligheid van kinderen en kwetsbare volwassenen door achtergrondonderzoeken uit te voeren bij geestelijken, werknemers en vrijwilligers, en door training te bieden over hoe tekenen van misbruik kunnen worden herkend en gemeld.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoor de Amerikaanse Kerk en zoals verwoord in het Charter voor de Bescherming van Kinderen en Jongeren, vertaalt deze toewijding zich in een nultolerantiebeleid ten aanzien van misbruik\u201d, aldus het USCCB-rapport.<\/p>\n<p>Beschuldigingen van misbruik vertonen sinds 2020 een gestage daling, met een gemiddelde afname van 30% per jaar, volgens gegevens die de afgelopen vijf jaar zijn verzameld.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264647\/usccb-reports-decline-in-abuse-allegations-against-catholic-clergy\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264647\/usccb-reports-decline-in-abuse-allegations-against-catholic-clergy<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoofdkantoor van de Amerikaanse Bisschoppenconferentie in Washington, D.C. \/ Bron: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&#038;gt\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&#038;gt<\/a>;, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, 10 juni 2025 \/ 09:20 uur (CNA). Sinds vorig jaar is er een daling van 32% in beschuldigingen van kindermishandeling door katholieke geestelijken in de VS, volgens het jaarverslag 2024 van de [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":49616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-49618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55821,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/u-s-catholic-bishops-church-will-not-endorse-political-candidates-despite-irs-shift\/","url_meta":{"origin":49618,"position":0},"title":"U.S. Catholic bishops: Church will not endorse political candidates despite IRS shift","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. \/ Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. 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