The body of Christ has
been "lacerated" by clerical sex-abuse scandals, the head of the
US Bishops Conference Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said after US
bishops had an audience with Pope Francis Thursday.
DiNardo, who is archbishop of Galveston-Houston, said "we are
grateful to the Holy father for having received us in audience.
We shared with Pope Francis our situation in the United States -
how the body of Christ is lacerated by the evil of sex abuse.
"He listened very deeply, from the heart. It was a long,
fruitful and good exchange".
Talks focused on the "recent moral crisis in the American
Catholic Church", he said, after a Pennsylvania report that over
1,000 minors were abused by 300 priests over 70 years.
Francis, separately, has been urged to resign by a former US
nuncio for allegedly covering up the sex crimes of former
Washington archbishop Theodore McCarrick.
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