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21 November 2015

Pope: Bishops who covered up for abuse guilty of wrongdoing

Pope Francis has defended his words of consolation to U.S. bishops over the priest sex abuse scandal but says — for the first time — that those who covered up for abusers are guilty of wrongdoing.
In a wide-ranging press conference en route to Rome from his first-ever visit to the United States, Francis also declared conscientious objection a "human right," explained his admiration for American nuns and discussed his own star power, which was fully on display during his six-day, three-city tour.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pope-us-visit-20150928-story.html