PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse Sunday on the final day of his U.S. visit and promised to hold accountable those responsible for the scandal in the church, delivering a powerful warning to American bishops accused of covering up for pedophile priests instead of reporting them to police.
In a gesture of reconciliation just hours before he was to return to Rome, the pope told the victims he is “deeply sorry” for the times they came forward to report the abuse and weren’t believed. He assured them that he believes them.
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