Pope Francis promised zero tolerance of paedophile priests,but his actions don’t yet match his wordsEven by Vatican standards the timing is spectacularly inept (not suitable or capable, unqualified). The six Oscar nominations for the film Spotlight beget refocused the attention of the world on the issue of paedophile priests inside the Catholic church – nearly certainly the biggest scandal to plague the institution in the past century. And yet, with disdain or disregard for world opinion, and just two weeks before the Oscars the most outspoken member of the pope’s commission to combat sex abuse has been sacked.
Pope Francis is busy elsewhere. After Friday’s historic meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church – the first for nearly 1000 years – he has been approximately his usual business: visiting prisoners,migrants, indigenous people and the families of victims of the violence of drug traffickers, or this time in Mexico.
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Source: theguardian.com