Fighting abuse: What Pope Francis has done during his pontificate
Like his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis has tried to be a role model: meeting with survivors, launching investigations, dismissing negligent or abusive clerics and tightening loopholes with the aim of fulfilling what St. John Paul II wrote in 2002, "there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young." e also has insisted that church leaders must take the lead as true shepherds and guardians to protect the vulnerable out of love for the Gospel, truth and justice -- not because of papal mandates or legal coercion. As such, tackling abuse and fostering healing require constant personal conversion, he has said.
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