Pope Francis has quietly reduced sanctions against a handful of
pedophile priests, applying his vision of a merciful church even to its
worst offenders in ways that survivors of abuse and the pope's own
advisers question.
One case has come back to haunt him: An Italian priest who received the pope's clemency was later convicted by an Italian criminal court for his sex crimes against children as young as 12. The Rev. Mauro Inzoli is now facing a second church trial after new evidence emerged against him, The Associated Press has learned.
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One case has come back to haunt him: An Italian priest who received the pope's clemency was later convicted by an Italian criminal court for his sex crimes against children as young as 12. The Rev. Mauro Inzoli is now facing a second church trial after new evidence emerged against him, The Associated Press has learned.
https://apnews.com/64e1fc2312764a24bf1b2d6ec3bf4caf