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| Japanese Bishops Meet In Conference |
In April 2019, the Conference of Japanese Bishops released their long awaited statement as to how accusations against priests would be handled. In shocking anger it failed to assure faithful that the accused would face not only church punishments but in the spirit of justice being handed to secular police and thus justice system. Fairly so as abusing children, sexually harassing adults, and rape are illegal, not just as the bishops term, "moral failings".
The Catholic Church in Japan promised language would be added assuring justice would be sought. Four years later such change is still elusive. Still, the accused are not named publicly, police are not informed, and the accuser is under strict silence through a legally binding nondisclosure agreement.
Read the statement here:
The CBCJ lied plain and simply that "language of pursuing justice would be added". As of July 12, 2023, Archbishop of Tokyo, Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, refused comment.
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