A commission advising Pope Francis on how to root out sexual abuse of children by clergy in the Catholic Church is studying sanctions for bishops suspected of cover-ups or of failing to prevent abuse, members said on Saturday.
"There have to be consequences," Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, the head of the commission, told a news conference. Victims groups have been urging the Vatican for years to make bishops more accountable for abuse in their dioceses even if they were not directly responsible for it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/us-pope-abuse-idUSKBN0LB0QJ20150207
"There have to be consequences," Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, the head of the commission, told a news conference. Victims groups have been urging the Vatican for years to make bishops more accountable for abuse in their dioceses even if they were not directly responsible for it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/07/us-pope-abuse-idUSKBN0LB0QJ20150207