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See Why Pope Francis Said Abusing children is a Sacrilege.....

Speaking to reporters on the return flight from Philadelphia to Rome,
 at the end of his pilgrimage to Cuba and the United States, Francis 
said abusing children was “almost a sacrilege’’ and a betrayal of the 
call of God for a priest.Pope Francis on Monday admitted that Catholic Church hierarchies 
shielded the crimes of paedophile priests. The Pontiff stated this hours
 after meeting people who were abused in their youth by members of the 
clergy.On Sunday, the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics spent 
about 30 minutes with three women and two men who were sexually abused 
by clergy members.“And those who have covered up these things are also guilty, even 
some bishops have covered up, it is a very bad thing,’’ the pontiff 
stressed.“I promise that all those responsible for the sexual abuse of 
children will be punished,’’ Francis later told a gathering of bishops, 
saying he felt “deep shame’’ about the acts.The pope told the audience that “these crimes can no longer be kept 
secret’’, and said that “God weeps’’ because of what happened.