“It is so completely out of touch with reality,” says Main Line businessman and victims’ advocate John Salveson. On Wednesday, Pope Francis
addressed the United States bishops at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew
the Apostle in Washington, D.C., and the subject of the clergy sex abuse
scandal came up, though he steered clear of using the words “sexual
abuse.”
Pope Francis praised the bishops for their “courage” and “great
sacrifice,” and seemed to recognize the bishops themselves and the
church as additional victims, saying, “I realize how much the pain of
recent years has weighed upon you and I have supported your generous
commitment to bring healing to victims – in the knowledge that in
healing we, too, are healed – and to work to ensure that such crimes
will never be repeated.”
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