Poland's Catholic Church appeals for repeal of anti-domestic violence convention
PR dla Zagranicy
Aleksander Nowacki
03.03.2015 15:44
The Roman Catholic Church in Poland appeals to the Senate to reject ratification of the Council of Europe convention to combat and prevent violence against women, Bishop Artur Miziński wrote in an open letter on Tuesday.
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Writing in the name of the Polish episcopate, or the conference of bishops, Miziński said the convention fails to combat violence and instead imposes an ideological revolution.
The convention lays the blame for domestic violence at the door of tradition and culture, instead of individual human weakness or error, the bishop writes on the eve of the senate debate on the ratification.
“The convention does not seek to build positive relationships between people, but serves reconstruction of society on an ideological basis and for that reason cannot be accepted,” the open letter calls on the senators. (an)
Source: PAP