70 Belgian sex abuse victims to sue Vatican

Brussels (AP)-brings a group of 70 people claim to be victims of sexual abuse of clergy Vatican and Belgian church officials to Court, claiming that they offered them inadequate protection of pedophile priests.Lawyer Walter Van Steenbrugge said Friday that he will be the complaint in about two weeks. He said religious officials, including the Pope, had failed to take appropriate measures to prevent such abuse.The Belgian Church is in a big abuse scandal last year when Bishop Roger Vangheluwe of Bruges was forced to resign after he admitted that he abused for 13 years his young nephew. Later, hundreds of victims came forward with stories of abuse by clergy go back decades.

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