Pope Francis said Wednesday that “being homosexual isn’t a crime.” MorningEdition spoke to Juan Carlos Cruz, a gay Vatican advisor and survivor of clergy sex abuse, about the pope’s remarks.
On the impact of the pope's message on LGBTQ criminalization
This man does change and does acknowledge when he has made a mistake and he said it publicly. And I admire that in him. I mean, there's a lot a lot still to do in terms of abuse in the church. By no means we're done.
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