InstitutionClaim Cited
Roman Catholic Church
The Second Vatican Council of 1962–1965 changed the Roman Catholic Church's authorized language about communion, bishops, laity, and engagement with the world while preserving papal primacy and ordained government. The 1983 Latin Code translated parts of that settlement into law. Australia's 2013–2017 Royal Commission then found that sacred status, secrecy, concentrated leadership, and fragmented jurisdiction had contributed to grave failures in responding to child sexual abuse.
How can a transnational religious institution reinterpret continuity through council and law while making layered authority answerable to people harmed by it?