Charter revisions approved but work must continue, bishop says

Submitted on June 22, 2011
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Nancy Frazier O'Brien | Catholic News Service
Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Wash., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People, spoke during the opening session of the bishops’ annual spring meeting near Seattle in Bellevue, Wash., June 15.
Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Wash., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People, spoke during the opening session of the bishops’ annual spring meeting near Seattle in Bellevue, Wash., June 15.
CNS photo/Stephen Brashear
BELLEVUE, Wash. — The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved extensive revisions to their 2002 "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" June 16, but the bishop who heads up their efforts to confront the clergy sex-abuse crisis said it must remain "a front-burner issue." Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane spoke at a news conference after the bishops closed the public sessions of their June 15-17 spring general assembly near Seattle with a 187-5 vote in favor of the charter revisions, with four abstentions.

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