Pope Francis vows to end sexual exploitation of children by clergy
Pope Francis vowed to end the sexual exploitation of children by clergy during a highly-charged visit to once deeply Catholic Ireland
According to victims he said the corruption and cover up of abuse amounted to human excrement.
On the first papal visit to the country in almost four decades, Francis used a speech at a state event that was also attended by some abuse survivors to acknowledge that it was to the Church’s shame it had not addressed these “repugnant crimes” and said he sought a greater commitment to eliminating this “scourge”.
He later met privately for 90 minutes at the Vatican embassy with eight victims of clerical, religious and institutional abuse.
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