The three whistleblowers in Chile’s sex abuse scandal have urged Pope Francis to transform his apology for having discredited them into concrete action to end what they called the “epidemic” of sex abuse and cover-up in the Catholic church. Their press conference was broadcast live in Chile, a sign of the unprecedented nature of their hours of meetings with the pope. Cruz said that during his private encounter with Francis, the pope acknowledged: “I was part of the problem. Facebook Twitter Pinterest From left, sexual abuse survivors Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and José Andrés Murillo speak to reporters after meeting the pope on Wednesday. Francis has summoned the entire Chilean bishops conference to Rome later this month for a dressing down and to plot reforms in the church.

Source: The Guardian May 02, 2018 18:45 UTC