BRUSSELS, Sept 27 — Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium’s king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, an issue once...
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Both King Philippe and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo raised the issue in public in unusually forceful language for a papal foreign trip, always a carefully choreographed event. In the meeting on Friday with politicians at the royal Castle of Laeken in Brussels, Francis sought to give assurances that the global Catholic Church was tackling the issue.
In an addition to his prepared remarks, he said the Church must “be ashamed and ask forgiveness” for the abuse of minors, which he called a crime.In March, Francis expelled former bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe from the priesthood. Vangheluwe had resigned in 2010 after admitting abusing a nephew, and in 2011 admitted abusing another. The statute of limitations has prevented criminal prosecution.
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