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Vatican sex abuse summit day 2 opens

Pope urges concrete measures,shock revelation by Father Albanesi

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Vatican City, February 22 - The second day of a historic Vatican summit on clerical sex abuse, involving bishops from all over the world, opened on Friday.
    On Thursday Pope Francis opened the gathering urging "concrete measures" to combat the scourge of priestly sex abuse and cover-ups.
    Francis' road map contained 21 proposals ranging from reporting cases to civil authorities to better selection of priests.
    On Thursday father Vinicio Albanesi, the head of a charity shelter, revealed that he had been abused by priests while a seminarian.
   

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