VATICAN CITY
The Telegraph
February 21, 2019
By Nick Squires
Pope Francis put forward a 21-point plan for combating the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests on Thursday, but the proposals were dismissed by victims as wholly inadequate and a recycling of procedures that already exist.
The list of “reflection points” was put forward by the Pope on the first day of a summit that was convened in response to sex abuse scandals that have undermined faith in the Catholic Church around the world.
“The holy people of God looks to us, and expects from us not simple and predictable condemnations, but concrete and effective measures to be undertaken,” the Pope said as the conference, the first of its kind, got underway at the Vatican. “Hear the cry of the little ones who plead for justice.”
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