ROME
The Sun (United Kingdom)
FROM Nick Pisa in Rome
MORE than 4,000 cases of Catholic priests sexually abusing children have been investigated in ten years.
A top churchman admitted it is a “dramatic increase” on the 3,000 in 50 years previously suspected.
Cardinal Joseph William Levada revealed at a Vatican conference the shocking extent of the worldwide scandal.
He told 100 international clergy that the Catholic church has an obligation to report paedophile priests to the authorities.
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