Poland’s Catholic Church was accused of trying to deflect responsibility for clergy sexually molesting children after its chief cleric stopped short of apologizing for the abuse after the publication of an unprecedented report revealing 382 cases.
During a two-hour news conference Thursday, Primate Wojciech Polak said that “each victim should evoke our pain, shame and guilt.” But bishops said pedophilia had become a widespread social phenomenon beyond their religious institution and refused to take a “zero tolerance” approach to offenders, comparing such proposals to the Nazi Holocaust.
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/03/15/polish-catholic-churchs-report-on-pedophilia-stokes-outrage/
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