Pope Francis wants the Catholic Church to ‘act decisively’ to root out sexual abuse of children by priests and ensure the perpetrators are punished, the Vatican said on Friday (May 3). Francis, in a meeting with the Holy See’s doctrinal chief, Archbishop Gerhard Mueller, had declared that combating sexual abuse was important ‘for the church and its credibility.'”
You can read this entire article by Philip Pullella in the Huffington Post online by clicking here.
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