MEXICO CITY (MEXICO)
La Croix International
July 24, 2019
By Claire Lesegretain (with Cath-Info)
Francis says the non-protection of minors is a serious problem that has brought “shame to the Church”
The pope has told a workshop on sexual abuse in Mexico City that he would like to see the creation of a “prevention apostolate” because “prevention is a major remedy” in the process of protecting minors.
Anyone who “prevents a young person from coming to Jesus must be stopped in his attitudes, corrected if there is still time, or punished if there is a crime,” Pope Francis said in a video message to the gathering held by the Interdisciplinary Research and Training Center for the Protection of Minors or CEPROME, established in 2016.
The failure to protect minors is a serious problem that has brought “shame to the Church,” Francis continued, referring to Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesian congregation in the 19th century, who was at the origin of a “preventive system in education.”
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