Pope Francis railed against the sexual abuse of children in a weekly
address in St. Peter's Square Sunday, calling any such abuse a "tragedy"
and saying the church cannot tolerate the matter and "must severely
punish the abusers."
Greeting members of an Italian association that has worked to raise awareness against pedophilia and to report sexual abuse crimes, who were present in the Square for the recitation of the Regina Coeli prayer, the pontiff thanked them for their work before departing from his prepared text.
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-rails-against-child-sexual-abuse-saying-abusers-must-be-severely-punished
Greeting members of an Italian association that has worked to raise awareness against pedophilia and to report sexual abuse crimes, who were present in the Square for the recitation of the Regina Coeli prayer, the pontiff thanked them for their work before departing from his prepared text.
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-rails-against-child-sexual-abuse-saying-abusers-must-be-severely-punished