The Church could no longer "ignore
the pain of (its) Chilean brothers", Pope Francis said on
Thursday in relation to the child sex abuse scandal that has
rocked the Church in the South American country.
"There have been situations that we didn't know how to see
and feel. As a Church we couldn't keep on going while ignoring
the pain of our brothers," Francis wrote in a letter to the
Chilen people.
"Today we are called to look ahead, accept and suffer the
conflict, in order that we can resolve it and transform it into
a new path," he added.
Earlier in the day the Vatican press office said sex-abuse
sleuth Msgr Charles Scicluna was to be sent back to Chile.
This time Scicluna will go to Osorno diocese, where Bishop
Juan Barros is accused of covering up for notorious abuser
Ferando Karadima.
The pope will also shortly meet Chilean priests who were
victims of sex abuse, the office said.
Earlier this month Chile's bishops resigned en masse over the
abuse scandal that has roiled their country.
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