Pope Francis Denounces Child Sexual Abuse As "the Shame of the Church"

Catholic Online
January 18, 2014

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The United Nations denounced the Catholic Church as to have they have historically handled cases of sexual abuse by priests perpetrated against children. A committee investigated their adherence to the U.N. convention on the Rights of the Child, which requires all signatories "to take all appropriate measures to keep children from harm." Pope Francis has previously spoken out on these accusations, saying that such activity was "the shame of the church."

The Vatican has rejected an extradition request from Poland regarding the ex-papal nuncio to the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who is the highest-ranking Vatican official to be investigated for alleged sex abuse to date. He's believed to be living somewhere in the Vatican.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The pope had only the highest words of condemnation in a heated homily. Having addressed the sexual abuse issue as part of his Vatican reforms with the creation of a commission on abuse, the pope on Vatican radio proclaimed, "But are we ashamed? So many scandals that I do not want to mention individually, but all of us know...We know where they are! Scandals, some who charged a lot of money.... The shame of the Church!

"But are we all ashamed of those scandals, of those failings of priests, bishops, laity? Where was the Word of God in those scandals; where was the Word of God in those men and in those women? They did not have a relationship with God! They had a position in the Church, a position of power, even of comfort. But the Word of God, no! 'But, I wear a medal,' 'I carry the Cross' . Yes, just as those bore the Ark!

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"Without the living relationship with God and the Word of God! I am reminded of the words of Jesus about those for whom scandals come ... And here the scandal hit: bringing decay (it: decadenza) to the people of God, including (it: fino alla) the weakness and corruption of the priests."

The Vatican has rejected an extradition request from Poland regarding the ex-papal nuncio to the Dominican Republic, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who is the highest-ranking Vatican official to be investigated for alleged sex abuse to date. He's believed to be living somewhere in the Vatican.

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