Alessandro Battaglia, a survivor of sexual abuse reacts as founding member of the ECA (Ending Clergy Abuse) Denise Buchanan looks on, in front of Saint Peter's Square, on the final day of the Vatican's four-day meeting on the global sexual abuse crisis, at the Vatican, Feb 24, 2019. But he dedicated much of the first part of a speech lasting more than half an hour to statistics from the United Nations and other organisations showing that most sexual abuse of children takes place in families. REUTERS/Yara NardiAnne Barrett-Doyle of the US-based clergy abuse tracking group bishopaccountability.org, called it a "stunning letdown". Italian abuse survivor Alessandro Battaglia cried in St. Peter's Square along with other victims. In Ireland, which he visited in August, the sexual abuse scandal shattered the power of the Church had dominated society.

Source: bd News24 February 25, 2019 04:29 UTC