“Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating sexual abuse allegations, specifying that leaders of international Catholic lay associations and movements have the same responsibilities over their members that bishops have over diocesan priests.
The updated version of Vos Estis Lux Mundi (You are the light of the world), published on Saturday, also expanded the categories of victims covered by the regulations to include vulnerable adults.
The original text spoke of the crime of “sexual acts with a minor or a vulnerable person.” The updated text reads, “a crime against the Sixth Commandment of the Decalogue committed with a minor, or with a person who habitually has an imperfect use of reason, or with a vulnerable adult”.”
