KNOCK (IRELAND)
New York Post
August 26, 2018
By Ruth Brown
Pope Francis on Sunday begged forgiveness for child sexual abuse in the Catholic church — a day after a former Vatican official accused him of covering up allegations against an American cardinal.
Speaking at the Marian shrine in the Irish town of Knock, the pontiff said the “open wound” of the scandal required the church to be “firm and decisive in the pursuit of truth and justice.”
“I beg forgiveness for these sins and for the scandal and betrayal felt by so many others in God’s family,” he told the tens of thousands gathered at the shrine, according to the Guardian.
“None of us can fail to be moved by the stories of young people who suffered abuse, were robbed of their innocence and left scarred.”
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