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17 February 2018

Facing criticism on handling of sex abuse, Pope Francis reveals he meets victims regularly

Pope Francis “normally” meets with victims of abuse on Fridays, and “sometimes this is known and sometimes it is not known,” he revealed in a Jan. 19 conversation with Peruvian Jesuits in Lima, Peru.
He said it is “terrible” if even one priest abuses a minor, “for God anointed him to sanctify children and adults, and instead of making them holy he has destroyed them. It is horrible!”

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/02/15/facing-criticism-handling-sex-abuse-pope-francis-reveals-he-meets-victims