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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 10:58 AM Jan 2019

Pope: Vatican meeting aims to 'shed full light' on sex abuse

Source: Associated Press

Pope: Vatican meeting aims to 'shed full light' on sex abuse

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Jan 7, 2019, 7:02 AM ET

Pope Francis says next month's meeting of bishops from around the world aims to "shed full light" on clergy sex abuse and covers-ups.

Speaking to diplomats Monday at the Vatican, Francis called the abuse of minors "one of the vilest and most heinous crimes conceivable." He said the church was working to combat and prevent abuse and its concealment, to uncover church hierarchy's involvement and to deliver justice to minors who have "suffered sexual violence aggravated by the abuse of power and conscience."

The Catholic Church's credibility has been eroded by sex abuse by clergy and bishops and its often systematic concealment.

Francis called February's meeting "a further step in the Church's efforts to shed full light on the facts."

His own handling of some cases has drawn criticism.


https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pope-vatican-meeting-aims-shed-full-light-sex-60207248
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Pope: Vatican meeting aims to 'shed full light' on sex abuse (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2019 OP
"further step" Major Nikon Jan 2019 #1
Change takes time, amirite? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #2
Evidently we are stuck at the lip service stage Major Nikon Jan 2019 #3
Instead, why not shed your failed patriarchy, Papa? MineralMan Jan 2019 #4

Major Nikon

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1. "further step"
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:00 AM
Jan 2019

They didn't remove the #3 man in the Vatican for child rape until AFTER he was convicted less than a month ago.

Major Nikon

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3. Evidently we are stuck at the lip service stage
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:41 AM
Jan 2019

Another 2,000 years or so they'll have this child raping thing under control, maybe.

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