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Church to Place Disabled Persons at the Centre of Its Safeguarding Efforts
By Church News
To prevent abuse across the board, the Catholic Church must place disabled persons at the centre of its safeguarding efforts and ministry, speakers said at an international safeguarding conference in Rome.
Hosted by the Pontifical Gregorian University’s Institute of Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care, the conference brought global experts to Rome to discuss the relationship between safeguarding and disability.
During the conference, Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the institute, told Catholic News Service that the theme for this year’s edition of the conference was selected to bridge the gap that exists between safeguarding — referring to practices meant to address and prevent emotional, physical and sexual abuse and caring for people with disabilities.
“The framework is there but very often it is not really linked to the real needs of the people on the ground, of those who have been abused, and so we are here to learn from those with disabilities what their particular needs are and what the church can do as one of the key players in the health system worldwide in the implementation and inculturation of these different models that we have,” he said.Also Read: Nothing Can Stand Against You – Folasade OladapoDiscover more from Church News
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