Advocates for victims of child abuse by Catholic priests are urging Pope Francis to use his visit to the United States
to offer new reassurances that the Vatican is prepared to take
additional steps to pursue past perpetrators and bring them to justice.
The pressure on the Pontiff will be greatest this weekend when he visits Philadelphia, one of several American cities rocked over the past decade by revelations not just of sexual assaults by the clergy, but of attempts by the Church hierarchy to cover up by shuffling them between parishes.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pope-francis-in-america-pontiff-urged-to-do-more-to-pursue-catholic-priests-who-abused-children-10513237.html
The pressure on the Pontiff will be greatest this weekend when he visits Philadelphia, one of several American cities rocked over the past decade by revelations not just of sexual assaults by the clergy, but of attempts by the Church hierarchy to cover up by shuffling them between parishes.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pope-francis-in-america-pontiff-urged-to-do-more-to-pursue-catholic-priests-who-abused-children-10513237.html