The Pope has met victims of clerical sex abuse in London today, a press release from the Vatican Press Office has revealed.
The press release said that the Pope met several people who were sexually abused by “members of the clergy”, at the Apostolic Nunciature, in Wimbledon, West London.
The Holy Father is said to have been “moved by what they had to say”, and to have “expressed his deep sorrow and shame over what victims and their families had suffered”.
The Pope is said to have prayed with them and to have assured them that the Church is “continuing to implement effective measures designed to safeguard young people, and that it is doing all in its power to investigate allegations, to collaborate with civil authorities, and to bring to justice clergy and religious accused of these egregious crimes”.
