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Rome, Italy, Jun 6, 2013 \/ 06:35 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- An expert on dealing with sexual abuse cases within the Church says prevention guidelines being developed with Vatican oversight should vary from country to country.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe\u2019ve realized learning habits and how people respond to some questionnaires and comply to rules varies from country to country,\u201d said Father Hans Zollner, a German Jesuit who heads the Gregorian University\u2019s Centre for Child Protection.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is most interesting and most inspiring to see this across the different cultures,\u201d Fr. Zollner told CNA June 5.<\/p>\n

\tHe explained that some guidelines should apply to all countries equally, since \u201csexual abuse is sexual abuse, no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBut in the Philippines, for example, there is the \u2018culture of touch.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt means that if you don\u2019t touch children, hugging and kissing them, there is something wrong and pathological,\u201d Fr. Zollner said.<\/p>\n

\tKorea, on the other hand, is a country where even just talking about sexual abuse is a complete taboo.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn the Korean society it is impossible to talk about this, even within families, so the West needs to realize our point of view is not the same in the rest of the world,\u201d said Fr. Zollner.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Zollner met with Pope Francis June 4 along with some participants in a child abuse conference being held in Rome.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHe repeated three times to \u2018go ahead, your work is important,\u2019 so we felt very much encouraged,\u201d the German Jesuit reported.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHe is very well aware of the problem and he was listening deeply,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\tThe conference, which took place May 31 \u2013 June 4 was co-sponsored by the U.S. Bishops\u2019 Conference and the bishops of Sri Lanka had the theme \u201cPrevention of abuse: We are going Global.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAlthough the conference began in 1996 with English-speakers, the gathering has since brought in representatives from the developing world, especially after the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith mandated in 2011 that all bishops\u2019 conferences draw up guidelines for responding to allegations of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Zollner underscored that although sexual abuse is a significant problem within the Church, \u201cit is a much bigger problem in society at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe explained that 67 percent of the cases happen within families and \u201cmany more happen in sport organizations and schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBut it doesn\u2019t take away the deep wound, and the Church has to live up to the Gospel and to Jesus, who is the most important model,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is so deplorable and really against the Gospel for any Catholic who abuses minors, especially priests who are meant to heal people,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\tThe Centre for Child Protection was founded in 2010 and includes three institutions: the Pontifical Gregorian University\u2019s Institute of Psychology, the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of Germany\u2019s Ulm University Hospital, and the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.<\/p>\n

\tIts main purpose is the creation of a global online training center that provides academic resources for people in pastoral roles who respond to the sexual abuse of minors, taking into account multilingual and intercultural issues.<\/p>\n

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