Hong Kong’s Cardinal John Tong announces measures against sex abuse of church minors, saying there is ‘no place for culture of silence’

Catholic priests and other adults who serve the church in Hong Kong have been told they should not be alone with children in a confined space, the head of the city’s 400,000-strong diocese has said as he announced new measures against sex abuse. In his latest pastoral letter printed in the diocese’s weekly publication Kung Kao Po, Cardinal John Tong Hon wrote: “There is no place for a culture of silence and covering up in church circles.

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