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Pope writes preface to book by victim of clerical sex abuse
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
2/13/2017 (8 years ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: clerical sex abuse, sex abuse, Catholic, Pope Francis
(Vatican Radio) "How can a priest, at the service of Christ and of His Church, come to cause such evil? How can one who has consecrated his life to leading the little ones to God, end up instead devouring them in what I have called a 'diabolic sacrifice,' which destroys both the victims and the life of the Church?"
Pope Francis has once again spoken out strongly against the evil of sex abuse perpetrated by clergy and religious. His words come in the preface to a book by a victim of clerical sexual abuse, Daniel Pettit, today a husband and father of six children.
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