Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups

[KevinM1]

Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups

Pope Francis has condemned the "atrocities" of child sex abuse and clerical cover-ups in a letter to the world's 1.2bn Roman Catholics.
The letter to "the People of God" calls for an end to the "culture of death" in the Church, addresses failures to deal with abuse and asks for forgiveness.
Last week a grand jury report detailed seven decades of abuse in Pennsylvania.
The landmark investigation found more than 1,000 identifiable minors had been abused by 300 priests in the US state.
Thousands more are thought to have fallen victim. The inquiry found evidence of systematic cover-ups by the Church, with many cases now too old for prosecution.
After the report was made public, the Vatican said the Pope was on the side of victims against "predator" priests.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45249109

A bit odd I think following decades of the church protecting and hiding pedo priests, they should all be named and arrested  

"We'll totally do better going forward. Trust us."

But, really, what needs to happen is:

An extension of the statute of limitations in these cases
The RCC to put its money where its mouth is and open its books up to investigators... something tells me that it's not just a RCC in the US problem

Otherwise, given the organization's track record, unbelievable emergency PR.