VOA标准英语2012--Vatican Prosecutor Denounces 'Deadly Culture of Silence'
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
Vatican Prosecutor 1 Denounces 'Deadly Culture of Silence'
It is a scandal that has shaken the faith of Catholics around the world. And on Wednesday, the Vatican’s top sex crimes prosecutor warned bishops 2 they will be held accountable.
"We have the duty to cooperate with civil authorities in a common fight against crime," Scicluna said.
Monsignor Charles Scicluna told a closed-door, church sponsored symposium 3 in Vatican City that bishops can and should be removed from office if they fail to follow church guidelines.
"So there is already provision in canon law, it is a crime in canon law to show malicious 4 or fraudulent negligence 5 in the exercise of one's duty," Scicluna said.
Many victims' groups have long been critical of the Catholic Church and its bishops for shielding priests accused of sexually abusing children and have dismissed the symposium as a public relations ploy 6.
But Marie Collins, the only abuse victim taking part in the symposium, says she is pleased by what she heard.
"The bottom line for me is that children have to be protected. We can't do anything about those like myself, who were abused in the past, but by putting in proper protection for the future, we can save children in the future from being abused," Collins said.
Pope Benedict has expressed shame and sorrow over THE abuse and has called on bishops to come up with guidelines against pedophiles by May of this year.
Earlier this week, the church said it has received more than 4,000 child sex abuse allegations over the past decade.
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
- "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。
- What have you learned from the symposium?你参加了这次科学讨论会有什么体会？
- The specialists and scholars present at the symposium come from all corners of the country.出席研讨会的专家学者们来自全国各地。
- You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
- Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。
- They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
- The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。