25 Feb 2019

Child abuser priests 'tools of Satan' - Pope Francis

From Morning Report, 7:14 am on 25 February 2019
Pope Francis celebrates a mass on Christmas eve.

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Pope Francis has condemned clergy guilty of child sexual abuse, calling them "tools of Satan" and promising action would be taken to protect children from what he called "ravenous wolves". He made the comments at the closing of a four day summit at the Vatican, aimed at tackling sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Nearly 200 priests, bishops and Catholic church delegates attended the summit. Our correspondent in Rome is Elise Harris from the Catholic news website Crux Now.