Church must repent, repair damage caused by clerical abuse, pope says

Submitted on December 21, 2010
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By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
Pope Benedict XVI sits in the Vatican's Clementine Hall Dec. 21 during his annual pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia and cardinals who reside in Rome. During the meeting, the pope said the church must repent and repair the damage caused by clerical abuse.
Pope Benedict XVI sits in the Vatican's Clementine Hall Dec. 21 during his annual pre-Christmas address to the Roman Curia and cardinals who reside in Rome. During the meeting, the pope said the church must repent and repair the damage caused by clerical abuse.
Alessandra Tarantino
  VATICAN CITY — In response to the "unimaginable" scandal of clerical sex abuse against minors, the Church must reflect, repent, and do everything possible to rectify the injustices suffered by victims as it works to prevent such abuse from ever happening again, said Pope Benedict XVI. The pope said he and others were "dismayed" when, during a year dedicated to the world's priests, further cases of clerical sex abuse came to light "to a degree we could not have imagined."

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