Catholic and Protestant abuses still need redress

Having been appointed to the papal commission on child protection, I can confirm that Emiliano Fittipaldi is broadly correct that the pope has done little on child abuse. I might argue that Francis has done more than his predecessor, but it still is not enough. I made the same point publicly last year. Damian Thompson recently wrote in the Spectator of the pope reversing a defrocking of “an Italian priest with a passion for expensive cars and underage boys”, who has since been jailed by the civil courts . As long as such outrages continue, it is hard to take the pope’s commitment seriously.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/20/catholic-and-protestant-abuses-still-need-redress