Pope Francis is not gracious in his closing address to the participants in the four-day summit in the Vatican.
” I have been reminded about the cruel religious habit, once widespread in certain cultures, that the sacrifice of human beings, mostly children, in the pagan rites, said the pope from the pulpit.
abuse is certainly a universal problem but not, therefore, ”less monstrous” within the church.
– It is totally incompatible with the church’s moral authority and ethical credibility, ” he said.
In his speech, declared the pope a ”full battle” against the sexual abuse that should be ”erased from the earth’s surface”, but mentioned nothing about how the church should proceed in order to counter the abuse.
According to the newspaper Reuters, to be vulnerable, have expressed their disappointment over the century. They argue that the century was only a repetition of old promises and missing concrete measures of how to respond to the problems.
” Particularly sickening is it to hear the pope’s familiar excuse that the violations occur in all society’s layers. What he should do is to present a bold and resolute plan. Instead we got defensive, omtuggad rhetoric, ” said Anne Barrett-Doyle, who represents an american group who are chasing the suspected priests.
rocked by a series of scandals with sexual abuse in recent decades.
as late as in the autumn, it was revealed that hundreds of priests have committed abuse in several cities in the united states. Another study from last year showed that thousands of children within the catholic church in Germany suffered. In Mexico have at least 152 catholic priests who committed sexual abuse shut down of the last nine years.
to show that the catholic church takes the problems seriously have pope Francis for the first time called all the president of the world’s biskopskonferenser to a summit. The discussions have been about how you can train bishops to prevent sexual harassment and abuse.
Over 200 leaders within the catholic church participated in the meeting, which began Thursday and concludes today, Sunday.
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