UNITED KINGDOM
The Times
Ruth Gledhill Religion Correspondent
The Cardinal who is favourite to be the first black Pope has been attacked by abuse survivor groups after he linked clerical sex abuse and homosexuality.
Cardinal Peter Turkson claimed that clerical sexual abuse is unlikely to ravage the Church in Africa because its culture condemns homosexuality.
Cardinal Turkson, from Ghana, who is President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is currently second-favourite after Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan to succeed Benedict XVI as the next Pope.
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