Every bishop in Chile recently offered his resignation to Pope Francis after a meeting at the Vatican to discuss the clerical sexual abuse scandal in the South American country.
While Pope Francis has a complicated and difficult task ahead of him — determining if he should accept all resignations, some or a few — it pales in comparison to the pain abused children experience. The psychological and spiritual damage inflicted by religious figures makes healing excruciating for some and impossible for others.
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