At Mass In Dublin, Pope Apologizes For Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals

IRELAND
NPR

August 27, 2018

By Frank Langfitt

But his contrition was marred by a new allegation. An ex-Vatican official accused Pope Francis of ignoring for years sexual misconduct allegations against a U.S. cardinal, who has since resigned.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

While speaking at a Mass in Dublin yesterday, Pope Francis made his most abject apology yet for clerical sex abuse and the church’s mistreatment of women and children. Here he is through a translator.

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