The Pope has repetedly spoken up against child abuse within the Catholic Church. But during his Sunday Angulus prayer yesterday he deplored the methods of investigation carried out by the police raids during investigations in Belgium, which he finds invasive.
The sex abuse cases against the Catholic Church comprise at least half a dozen countries, including the pope's native Germany, as well as Belgium, Ireland, Austria, the Netherlands and the United States. And the Vatican issued a statement about their 'strong condemnation of any sinful and criminal abuse of minors by members of the Church.' However, the suggested procedure to deal with the sex abuse cases is to be held within the Church. As the Vatican maintains 'the need to repair and confront such acts in conformity with the law and teachings of the Gospel.'
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