o fight clerical sexual abuse, the Catholic Church must have clear laws and procedures, but it also must engage in "spiritual combat," because it is obvious the devil is at work, Pope Francis said.
After the Vatican summit on abuse in February, the pope said, he read a newspaper article that said he had "washed his hands and blamed the devil" for the abuse crisis.
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