VATICAN CITY
BBC News
Pope Francis has strongly defended the Catholic Church’s record on tackling sexual abuse by priests.
In a rare interview with an Italian newspaper, the Pope said “no-one else has done more” to root out paedophilia.
He said the church had acted with responsibility, yet it was the only institution to have been attacked.
Last month the UN strongly criticised the Vatican for failing to stamp out child abuse.
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Pope Francis said: “The Catholic Church is perhaps the only public institution to have acted with transparency and responsibility. No-one else has done more. Yet the Church is the only one to have been attacked.”
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