nuns were abused by priests and bishops sexually abused – the Pope Francis admitted. The Problem was probably still. In a woman’s community, there have been outright “slavery”.
Pope Francis has given to the sexual abuse of nuns in the Catholic Church. “It is true, it is a Problem,” he said on the return flight from Abu Dhabi to Rome. “I know that priests and bishops have done this. And I think it is still done.”
The Problem does not exist is not going anywhere, said Francis. It concern some cultures or religious communities more than others. “It is not a thing.”
so Far the Pope had not spoken on the issue. With his statements, he responded well to the question of a journalist, according to the most recent month, the Vatican newspaper “l’osservatore Romano Supplement”. This takes up the theme in several contributions. The Vatican have been working for a long time on the Problem, the Pope. Some women’s religious communities had been disbanded, some of the clergy had been suspended “” and “sent away”.
“I think it is still done,” said Pope Francis.
“Sexual slavery by the clergy”
Among other things, a women’s religious community had been dissolved, the abuse of women by priests “a certain extent”, said Francis. There was a rule, the rights of “slavery to sexual slavery by the clergy”. Also, the founders have made himself guilty of these charges. To which community he was referring to, not the Pope said.
The issue of the fight against abuse, he also recalled his predecessor Benedict XVI, “It is called sometimes, Pope Benedict had been a weak Pope. That’s not true, he is a strong man.” Benedict had begun to his days as a cardinal with the fight against abuse, albeit with setbacks. “We need to continue to make, and I want to make,” said the Pope. Concrete measures he called.
