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# sex abuse scandals

This year

2023

Pope Francis extends 2019 sex abuse law to cover lay leaders

A letter, directly sent by the pontiff, also said that vulnerable adults could be victims of predator priests

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Mar 25th 2023, 5:55 PM

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Ex-pope Benedict XVI blames clerical sex abuse on 1960s sexual revolution

Benedict has written a 6,000-word essay for Klerusblatt, a German monthly magazine for clergy.

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Apr 11th 2019, 9:01 PM