priests' sexual abuse

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Church ‘mucked up’ with pedophile priests: Vatican finance chief

February 29, 2016

by Martin Parry SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell admitted Monday the Catholic Church “mucked up” in dealing with paedophile priests and vowed he would not “defend the indefensible” before an Australian inquiry. Pell gave evidence from a hotel in Rome via video-link to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney rather than appear in person as he has a heart condition. The inquiry is currently […]

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Catholic Pope asks for forgiveness for “evil” of priestly child abuse

April 11, 2014

(Reuters) — Pope Francis made his first public plea for forgiveness on Friday (April 11) for the “evil” committed by priests who molested children, using some of his strongest words yet on the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis. The Argentine-born pontiff said the Catholic Church, which last month named a high-level group on the scandal including an abuse victim, had to take an even stronger stand than before against the scandal that has haunted it […]

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