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The latest threat comes after a series of women in the public eye exposed the threats of violence they were subjected to on the social networking site, which has called the abuse unacceptable, clarified its rules on abusive behaviour and put extra staff in place to handle abuse reports.
There, Bishop Murphy wrote that another official was delegated to handle abuse cases directly.
The Vatican has said that it is working on a series of guidelines for bishops around the world to advise them how to handle abuse cases, including reporting abuse to civil authorities in countries where it is required.
This office was supposed to handle abuse cases only when they were considered violations of the sacrament of Confession, before the policies were clarified in 2001 and the doctrinal office took on all the abuse cases.
For years, bishops had complained of widespread confusion about how to handle abuse accusations and said they faced a daunting bureaucratic and canonical process with overlapping jurisdictions in Rome.
But confusion over how bishops should handle abuse cases in Italy was at the heart of the trial in which Bishop Gino Reali of the diocese of Rome testified.
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Such screening must always take place in the context of proper training for physicians in handling abuse and an environment that offers appropriate resources and referrals for abused patients.
Both the Vatican spokesman and the director of the Vatican tribunal that handles abuse cases, Msgr.
In the past, some bishops had complained that the Vatican's own rules for handling abuse were unclear.
Where Benedict lies on this spectrum, even after nearly three decades of handling abuse cases, is still an open question.
In the letter, Benedict also took aim at some of the shortcomings of church law for handling abuse cases.
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