Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Philadelphia and vows to hold responsible all involved
God weeps for sexual abuse of children, the pontiff says during the last day of his first visit to the US
"God weeps for sexual abuse of children," the 78-year-old pontiff told bishops at a seminary. He called for stronger "oversight to ensure that youth are protected and ... all responsible will be held accountable."
"I have in my heart these stories of suffering of those youth that were sexually abused," he told bishops.
"The people who had the responsibility to take care of these tender ones violated that trust and caused them great pain. God weeps for the sexual abuse of children."
Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said that at the morning meeting in Philadelphia's seminary the pope "expressed participation in their suffering and pain and shame".
IN QUOTES
Pope Francis
Pope Francis
On free speech:
"You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others”
On gay priests:
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”
On the environment:
"The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth"
On misogyny:
"The fact is that the woman was taken from a rib [laughs loudly]. I'm joking. That was a joke”
On birth control:
"Some think that...in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits. No. We need responsible paternity"
On frugality:
"It hurts my heart when I see a priest with the latest model car. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger"
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