sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy a 'delicate theme' in Rome

In Renew America today

'Francis defended the Church's handling of the sexual abuse of minors by stating the following:  "The statistics are shocking, but they also show clearly that the great majority of abuses take place in the family environment and around it. The Catholic Church is perhaps the only public institution to have acted with transparency and responsibility."  Really?  So those faithful families who trusted that their little boys would be safe in the company of priests, while serving as altar boys and performing other activities in the life of their parish, need to blame the sexual abuse of their children on the "family environment and around it" – and not on the pederasts that were allowed to remain active as priests?;

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