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Vatican Insider
Alessandro Speciale
Rome
The issue of the unreported sex abuse cases in still alive in the Church’s internal debate and “paedophilia has contributed to the Church’s loss of credibility.” Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley stated this, in a speech this morning at the VII World Family Meeting in Milan.
The Cardinal said we must express our pain to the people who were hurt and assure them that in the future acts of abuse of this kind are not repeated. We must preach what we practice, he said, proclaiming the Gospel and acting as true disciples of Christ.
The Archbishop of Boston went on to remind his audience that in the countries where this problem was identified standards have been adopted.
Just as he is he is engaged in a fight to the last breath with President Barack Obama – which coincides with the campaign for next November’s presidential elections – the Archbishop of New York, and President of U.S. Bishops Cardinal Dolan, finds himself caught up in a scandal that could tarnish his image.
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