VATICAN CITY
Gazzetta del Sud
Vatican City, April 15 – A senior cardinal on Wednesday asked Pope Francis to put the issue of bishops’ accountability in pedophilia cases on the agenda for upcoming meetings of the Council of Cardinals, said a Vatican spokesman. Cardinal Sean O’Malley, chairman of the Commission for the Protection of Children, asked that Francis and council deal with issues around the responsibility of bishops to protect children. O’Malley and members of the commission dealing with sex abuse of children met recently in Rome. Meanwhile, the Council of Cardinals advising the pope on reforming the Roman Curia, the so-called C-9 group, was also meeting this week and is scheduled to meet again in July.
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