Pope says church law could have, should have, handled abuse

PNS: (RNS) In an open letter on the clergy sex abuse crisis roiling the Catholic Church in Ireland, Pope Benedict XVI cited the chronic failure of church leaders to enforce the church’s own law as a principal cause. In other words, the church had a way to protect children, but failed to use it. Full […]

PNS: (RNS) In an open letter on the clergy sex abuse crisis roiling the Catholic Church in Ireland, Pope Benedict XVI cited the chronic failure of church leaders to enforce the church’s own law as a principal cause. In other words, the church had a way to protect children, but failed to use it. Full story.

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