Washington Post: Catholic Church defiant and obstructive on child sex abuse

In three years at the helm of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has been a source of inspiration for millions of faithful around the world.

In one critical respect, however, he has fallen short of his own promise: to come fully to terms with decades of child sex abuse by clergymen and the institutional cover granted to them by bishops and cardinals.

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