VATICAN CITY
Fox News
August 16, 2018
By Elizabeth Zwirz
The Vatican responded Thursday to the report of hundreds of Pennsylvania priests abusing children, saying in a statement: “There are two words that can express the feelings faced with these horrible crimes: shame and sorrow.”
“The abuses described in the report are criminal and morally reprehensible,” the statement read. “Those acts were betrayals of trust that robbed survivors of their dignity and their faith.”
More than 1,000 children were allegedly abused by more than 300 “predator priests” and church officials were accused of covering up the allegations, a grand jury’s report released Tuesday said.
“The Church must learn hard lessons from its past, and there should be accountability for both abusers and those who permitted abuse to occur,” the Vatican said.
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