churches get angry whenever a randy pastor
is exposed in the media, the man who is
changing the face of religion around the
world, Pope Francis, has come out to take
responsibility for the shortcomings of his
own pastors and also beg for forgiveness
from all affected.
The one-of-a-kind Pope said he felt sad for
the child séxual abuse scandals that have
rocked the church and has thus issued an
unprecedented apology:
"I feel compelled to personally take on
all the evil which some priests, quite a
few in number, obviously not compared
to the number of all the priests, to
personally ask for forgiveness for the
damage they have done for having
sexually abused children.
"The Church is aware of this damage, it
is personal, moral damage carried out
by men of the Church, and we will not
take one step backward with regards to
how we will deal with this problem, and
the sanctions that must be imposed."
He said this during a meeting with the
International Catholic Child Bureau, a non-
governmental organization.
Francis also stressed that children have to be
protected against all forms of violence,
including slave labour and enrollment in child
armies, and given the right "to grow up in a
family with a father and a mother."
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