The Pope has stated that “the sexual abuse of minors by the clergy and its mismanagement by Church leaders has been one of the greatest challenges facing the Church”.
He Pope Francisco today told the Vatican Commission for the Protection of Minors, set up during his pontificate, that “the time has now come to repair the damage done to previous generations and to those who continue to suffer” by the abuse by clergyin receiving the members of the organization celebrating their meeting.
It was a long-awaited speech from the pope after German Jesuit Hans Zollner, one of the Church’s leading experts in the fight against child abuse, decided to no longer be a member of this body, which he had served since its inception. , after denouncing lack of transparency and disagreements because of how it works.
“The Church should strive to become an example of welcome and good behavior,” said the pope, who stressed that “efforts to improve guidelines and standards of conduct for the clergy must continue.”
In this sense, he has asked the members of the committee to prepare a report “on what they think is working well and what is not”, in order to “make the necessary changes”, and assured that “a lot has happened”. done in these first six months”, but “that more can be done”.
In his lengthy address, the Pope also stated that “the sexual abuse of minors by the clergy and its mismanagement by Church leaders has been one of the greatest challenges facing the Church”.
Source: EITB
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