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| Italy row over Church abuse film | Italy row over Church abuse film |
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| An Italian politician has sparked a furore by urging state broadcaster Rai to block the transmission of a controversial BBC documentary. | An Italian politician has sparked a furore by urging state broadcaster Rai to block the transmission of a controversial BBC documentary. |
| The programme, aired in the UK in October, investigates the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church. | |
| Italian journalist Michele Santoro has asked to purchase the rights to the film to broadcast it on his talk show. | Italian journalist Michele Santoro has asked to purchase the rights to the film to broadcast it on his talk show. |
| But Mario Landolfi, who heads Rai's parliamentary oversight committee, has asked Rai to prevent its transmission. | But Mario Landolfi, who heads Rai's parliamentary oversight committee, has asked Rai to prevent its transmission. |
| The programme, Sex Crimes and the Vatican, has been Google Italia's most popular online video choice since a version with translated subtitles was put online. | The programme, Sex Crimes and the Vatican, has been Google Italia's most popular online video choice since a version with translated subtitles was put online. |
| The Catholic newspaper Avvenire says that the bloggers who posted the documentary online have committed "wicked slander". | The Catholic newspaper Avvenire says that the bloggers who posted the documentary online have committed "wicked slander". |
| 'Preventative censorship' | 'Preventative censorship' |
| Mr Landolfi, of the right-leaning Alleanza Nazionale party, said the programme should not be screened "to avoid public service television becoming a media execution squad ready to open fire on the Church and the Pope". | Mr Landolfi, of the right-leaning Alleanza Nazionale party, said the programme should not be screened "to avoid public service television becoming a media execution squad ready to open fire on the Church and the Pope". |
| His intervention has drawn the wrath of other politicians who attacked his attempts at what they called "preventative censorship". | His intervention has drawn the wrath of other politicians who attacked his attempts at what they called "preventative censorship". |
| "Neither the oversight committee nor individual politicians have the right to ask for a preventive censorship of any journalists or topic," said lawmaker Giuseppe Giulietti. | "Neither the oversight committee nor individual politicians have the right to ask for a preventive censorship of any journalists or topic," said lawmaker Giuseppe Giulietti. |
| Mr Santoro, a left-leaning journalist, wants to air the documentary as the centre-piece of his discussion programme, "Year Zero". | Mr Santoro, a left-leaning journalist, wants to air the documentary as the centre-piece of his discussion programme, "Year Zero". |
| The investigation examines a secret document which sets out a procedure for dealing with child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church. | The investigation examines a secret document which sets out a procedure for dealing with child sex abuse scandals within the Catholic Church. |
| Crimen Sollicitationis, it says, is a Latin document penned in 1962 and imposing an oath of secrecy on the child victim, the priest dealing with the allegation and any witnesses. | Crimen Sollicitationis, it says, is a Latin document penned in 1962 and imposing an oath of secrecy on the child victim, the priest dealing with the allegation and any witnesses. |