POLAND
National Catholic Reporter
Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service | Oct. 10, 2013
WARSAW, POLAND Poland’s Catholic bishops apologized for sexual abuse of children by priests and defended the Polish church’s record on tackling abuse.
During their plenary meeting in the Polish capital, the bishops also announced that they had tightened procedures for handling abuse allegations.
“The pedophilia problem is appearing in schools, sports clubs and facilities for education and upbringing, but also, it pains us to admit, in church circles,” the bishops’ conference said in a statement Wednesday at the close of the meeting.
“We apologize for those clergy who have harmed children and are doing everything in our power so such situations are not repeated in future. We offer and will continue to offer pastoral and therapeutic help to harmed children and young people, and we stress there is no tolerance for pedophilia,” the bishops said.
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