Pope Francis Opens Summit on Sexual Abuse: “Hear the Cry of the Little Ones”

The New York Times’s Jason Horowitz reports, “With his moral authority in question and his papal legacy in the balance, Pope Francis opened a historic summit meeting at the Vatican on Thursday devoted to clerical child sexual abuse, an issue that has for decades devastated some corners of his vast church while being utterly ignored and denied in others.” The four-day conference aims to educate nearly 200 Catholic leaders on the severity of the crisis, and how to address it going forward. The pope said, “We hear the cry of the little ones asking for justice.” Horowitz adds, “After the pope spoke on Thursday, the Holy See said the assembled bishops privately watched prerecorded video presentations of testimonials from victims, who were not identified to the news media.”

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