The Catholic Church didn't
do enough to stop clerical sex abuse of children, Pope Francis
told his weekly general audience on Wednesday.
Recalling his weekend trip to Ireland, the pope said "as well
as the great joy, it also had to take on board the pain and
bitterness for suffering caused in that country by various forms
of abuse, also by members of the Church, and by the fact that
the Church authorities in the past did not succeed in tackling
these crimes in an adequate way".
In Ireland the pope said the Church had failed the victims of
sex abuse.
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