Pope Francis has promised concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a Roman Catholic Church summit on paedophilia. Clergy guilty of abuse were "tools of Satan", the Pope said, pledging to face every case with "utmost seriousness". Child sex abuse, he said, reminded him of the ancient religious practice of child sacrifice in pagan rites. Media captionBrigitte, a survivor of child sex abuse by a chaplain, explains why she is ready to speak now"The consecrated person, chosen by God to guide souls to salvation, lets himself be subjugated by his own human frailty, or by his own illness, thus becoming a tool of Satan. He also stressed child sexual abuse was a universal problem - "a widespread phenomenon in all cultures and societies".

Source: The Star February 24, 2019 12:45 UTC