The sexual abuse of children by those who have vowed to serve Christ
and the church is a horrendous monstrosity that represents “a diabolical
sacrifice” of innocent, defenseless lives, Pope Francis said.
The church, which must protect the weakest, has a duty “to act with extreme severity with priests who betray their mission and with the hierarchy — bishops and cardinals — who protect them,” the pope wrote in the preface to a new book written by a man raped as a child by a Capuchin priest.
http://catholicphilly.com/2017/02/news/world-news/pope-praises-abuse-survivor-for-breaking-silence/
The church, which must protect the weakest, has a duty “to act with extreme severity with priests who betray their mission and with the hierarchy — bishops and cardinals — who protect them,” the pope wrote in the preface to a new book written by a man raped as a child by a Capuchin priest.
http://catholicphilly.com/2017/02/news/world-news/pope-praises-abuse-survivor-for-breaking-silence/