Predator priests will face the full force of the law, Catholic bishops in the Pacific say.
In Papua New Guinea, Fr Giorgio Licini said any cases of priests abusing children would be dealt with severely.
Fr Giorgio said an office had been established to deal with the matter.
Meanwhile, the head of the church in Fiji, Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, said his church had policy and protocols in place for suspected sexual offending amoung priests.
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