The Vatican has no right to preach to people or claim to speak for "Humanity"
The sexual abuse of children under the
age of consent by priests has received significant media and public attention in
Canada,
Ireland, the
United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Belgium, France, Germany and
Australia, while cases have been reported throughout the world.
[10] Many of the cases span several decades and are brought forward years after the abuse occurred.
Although nationwide inquiries have only been conducted in the United States and Ireland, cases of clerical sexual abuse of minors have been reported and prosecuted in Australia,
New Zealand, Canada and other countries. In 1994, allegations of sexual abuse on 47 young
seminarians surfaced in Argentina.
[19] In 1995,
Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër resigned from his post as
Archbishop of Vienna, Austria over allegations of sexual abuse, although he remained a Cardinal.
[20] Since 1995, over one hundred priests from various parts of Australia were convicted of sexual abuse.