The Vatican plans to develop a new e-learning center to help safeguard children and the victims of molestation.

"The e-learning center will work with medical institutions and universities to develop a constant response to the problems of sexual abuse," Monsignor Klaus Peter Franzl of the archdiocese of Munich said Saturday.

It will be posted in German, English, French, Spanish and Italian and help bishops and other church workers put into place Vatican guidelines to protect children.

"We want people to know that we are serious about this and that we think the Church has to be at the center of a solution," said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.

"This is not a flash in the pan initiative but something we are committed to in the long-term.

The e-learning center will offer guidance to those who have to respond to abuse cases as well as information for victims.

It is set to go live early next year during the conference in Rome called "Toward Healing and Renewal," which will draw top experts on sexual abuse of children by clergy.

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Vatican turns to Internet to stem sexual abuse (Reuters)