Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.
https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190512/pope-mandates-reporting-of-sex-abuse-to-church-not-police
https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190512/pope-mandates-reporting-of-sex-abuse-to-church-not-police