Pope Francis, concluding a "landmark" conference on sexual abuse in the church strongly condemned clerical abuse by priests within the church. It was noted that he stopped short of proposing any new policies or plans to combat the problems which have been plaguing the church over the past few decades.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis strongly condemned clerical sexual abuse during a speech ending a landmark Vatican conference on the subject Sunday, but stopped short of proposing new policies to combat the crisis engulfing the Catholic Church.
"No abuse should ever be covered up as was often the case in the past or not taken sufficiently seriously, since the covering up of abuses favors the spread of evil and adds a further level of scandal," he said.
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I think the church needs to move forward without any delay in proposing new policies which will help to protect minors and others in the church from possible sexual abuse by clergy members and/or church officials.