Vatican City: Pope Francis slammed the "complicity" of Catholic Church leaders in covering up sexual abuse on Monday, after his first meeting with victims of paedophile priests.
The pope told the six he was sorry for "the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you".
"So much time hidden, camouflaged, with a complicity that cannot be explained."
"The deaths of these so beloved children of God weigh upon the heart and my conscience and that of the whole Church," the 77-year-old said.
The pope told the six he was sorry for "the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you".
"So much time hidden, camouflaged, with a complicity that cannot be explained."
"The deaths of these so beloved children of God weigh upon the heart and my conscience and that of the whole Church," the 77-year-old said.
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