Cardinal admits 'scandalous' response to abuse reports

Monday, February 29, 2016

ROME -- One of Pope Francis' top advisers acknowledged Sunday the Catholic Church "has made enormous mistakes" in allowing thousands of children to be raped and molested by priests over centuries as he testified at a public hearing of an Australian investigative commission a few blocks from the Vatican.

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