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Credit: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY | Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:36am EDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican made sweeping revisions on Thursday it its laws on sexual abuse, doubling a statute of limitations for disciplinary action against priests and extending the use of fast-track procedures to defrock them. In an unexpected move, the Vatican also codified the "attempted ordination of a woman" to the priesthood as one of the most serious crimes against Church law. The changes, the first in nine years, affect Church procedures for defrocking abusive priests. They make some legal procedures which were so far allowed under an ad hoc basis, the global norms to confront the crisis. "This gives a signal that we are very, very serious in our commitment to promote safe environments and to offer an adequate response to abuse," Monsignor Charles Scicluna, a Vatican doctrinal official who helped revise the norms, told a news conference. "If more changes are needed, they will be made." Under the revisions, the statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases was increased to 20 years after the victim's 18th birthday from 10 years under the old rules, meaning victims will be able to file charges until they are 38 years old. This is significant because many people who were abused by priests as children do not find the courage or legal and moral support to come forward until they are well into adulthood. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the statute of limitations could be extended even further in some cases. The changes are an update to a document known as a Motu Proprio (Latin for "of his own accord") issued by the late Pope John Paul in 2001 to deal with various grave crimes against Church law. While the changes involve canon (Church) law, Lombardi said existing Vatican guidance to bishops that they should report sexual abusers to civil authorities remained in effect. In other changes, sexual abuse by a priest of a mentally handicapped adult will be treated as if the handicapped person were a minor and could lead to dismissal from the priesthood. DISMISSAL WITHOUT TRIAL The revisions also allow bishops to defrock priests where evidence of sexual abuse is clear without canonical (ecclesiastical) trials, which can be lengthy and costly. The Church will be able to defrock priests in such cases by decree. They also specify that priests who acquire, possess or distribute child pornography will be considered to have committed a serious offence subject to the same disciplinary action as abusers. Victims groups said the new rules did not go far enough, particularly because they did not hold bishops directly responsible for the mishandling of abuse cases on their watch. BishopAccountability.org, a data center for sexual abuse in the Church, called the changes mere "administrative tinkering of a secretive internal process" and said the statute of limitations should have been eliminated instead of extended. The updated rules also codified as a "grave crime" against Church law "the attempted ordination of a woman" to conform with a decree issued in 2007 to deal with a growing movement in favor of a female priesthood. The Catholic Church teaches that it cannot ordain women as priests because Christ chose only men as his apostles. Proponents of a female priesthood reject this, saying he was only acting according to the norms of his times. The changes were prepared by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the department Pope Benedict headed as a cardinal for nearly 25 years before his election in 2005. They come as Benedict struggles to control the damage a sexual abuse scandal in the United States and several European countries, including his native Germany, has done to the Catholic Church's image. Five bishops in Europe have already resigned over scandal. One has admitted sexual abuse, another is under investigation and three have stepped down over their handling of abuse cases. Last month, Benedict begged forgiveness from God and victims of child sexual abuse by priests and said the Catholic Church would do everything in its power to ensure that it never happens again. World Comments See All Comments (5) | Post Comment Jul 15, 2010 9:04am EDT One needs to consider they are only emulating their loving God who demands complete obedience or he destroys everyone, accepts human sacrifice, preaches the subjugation of women and emulates the abuse of children calling it salvation. To revise the religion you need to revise the God. Majick1 Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 9:50am EDT Human sacrifice? Subjugation of women? Abuse of children? None of these are emulated in scripture. The only time almost everyone was destroyed was not because of a lack of “complete obedience” but rather because of complete defiance. Perhaps the Christians you have been exposed to have been motivated by hate but I assure you there are others out there. Peace be with you. ZachScardino Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 10:40am EDT No subjugation of women in scripture? Ever heard of a little book called the Old Testament? Ever opened it? fogcity Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 11:00am EDT I am pretty certain homosexuality/sodomy is seen as immoral in the eyes of God and the Church. But I guess it only applies to the laity? I don’t care who you are, bum a child and you deserve, not papal protection, but condemnation to the lowest circle of hell. killyridols Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 11:32am EDT The Catholic ‘Church’ has a long and dark history, much of which is comming to light these days. This move is just a pathetic attempt to try to sway people into thinking they really care or will do the right thing. But what we’ve seen in the past is they only care about the image of the church and will do whatever is needed to keep that saintly. Kevin5069 Report As Abusive See All Comments (5) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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