The nuns scandal broke as the Catholic church has had to contend with a wave of cases involving paedophile priests in countries worldwide from Ireland and the United States to Australia. By AFPMore by this AuthorVATICAN CITYPope Francis's public admission that priests have used nuns as "sexual slaves", and may still be doing so, marks a new chapter in the abuse crisis rocking the Catholic church. The pontiff on Tuesday said Catholic priests and bishops had been sexually abusing nuns, and that his predecessor Benedict XVI had dissolved a religious order of women because of "sexual slavery on the part of priests and the founder". The nuns scandal broke as the Catholic church has had to contend with a wave of cases involving paedophile priests in countries worldwide from Ireland and the United States to Australia. Scaraffia said the clerical abuse of nuns was a global issue, but one particularly prevalent in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Source: Daily Nation February 06, 2019 12:33 UTC