There should be no opportunity for appealing canonical cases of sexual abuse against minors when allegations have been proven by evidence, Pope Francis said in spontaneous comments Thursday. In off-the-cuff remarks to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM), he claimed that “if pedophilia, an abuse of minors, is proven it is enough to not receive appeals [1].”
Francis: no appeals for priests guilty of abuse
Hannah Brockhaus, CNAFriday, September 22, 2017
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