No place for cover-up in church, Pope warns

Pope Francis has called the cover-up of abuse by bishops a “terrible thing”, explaining that this was why he had earlier in Philadelphia said that “the crimes and sins of the sexual abuse of children must no longer be held in secret”, pledging “the promise of accountability for all”.

The Pope was speaking during an in-flight press conference while returning to Rome from the US. Asked why he had offered words of consolation to American bishops in the aftermath of the abuse scandals, he said many bishops had suffered as they had been unaware of what was happening.

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