For the opening of the Symposium for Catholic Bishops and Religious Superiors on Sexual Abuse of Minors being held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, February 6 to 9, 2012, His Eminence William Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave the first intervention. His text is entitled "The Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Multi-faceted Response to the Challenge". 

The Most Reverend Robert Anthony Daniels, Bishop of Grand Falls, and Father René Roy, from the Archdiocese of Quebec City, are the delegates of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops at this symposium. 

Message from the Holy Father

PDF version of Cardinal Levada’s intervention

Link to the Symposium website