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Pope orders bishops to cooperate with sex abuse commission
Source: Reuters
Pope orders bishops to cooperate with sex abuse commission
BY PHILIP PULLELLA
VATICAN CITY Thu Feb 5, 2015 7:53am EST
(Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday ordered Roman Catholic bishops around the world to cooperate as a matter of priority with a commission he set up to protect children from sexual abuse by clerics, even if it unearths new scandals.
The pope, who met victims of abuse last year, sent the letter to the bishops and heads of religious institutions a day before the commission was due to hold its first full meeting.
"Everything possible must be done to rid the Church of the scourge of the sexual abuse of minors and to open pathways of reconciliation and healing for those who were abused," the pope says in the letter.
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One of the members of the commission, Marie Collins of Ireland, herself a victim of sexual abuse, told Reuters that commission members had asked the pope for a letter to thwart any resistance from bishops, which she said some members expected.
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BY PHILIP PULLELLA
VATICAN CITY Thu Feb 5, 2015 7:53am EST
(Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday ordered Roman Catholic bishops around the world to cooperate as a matter of priority with a commission he set up to protect children from sexual abuse by clerics, even if it unearths new scandals.
The pope, who met victims of abuse last year, sent the letter to the bishops and heads of religious institutions a day before the commission was due to hold its first full meeting.
"Everything possible must be done to rid the Church of the scourge of the sexual abuse of minors and to open pathways of reconciliation and healing for those who were abused," the pope says in the letter.
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One of the members of the commission, Marie Collins of Ireland, herself a victim of sexual abuse, told Reuters that commission members had asked the pope for a letter to thwart any resistance from bishops, which she said some members expected.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-pope-abuse-idUSKBN0L919N20150205
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