Pope Francis Clarifies Penalties for Sex Abuse Offenders

Chico Harlan Washington Post June 2, 2021
Pope Francis Clarifies Penalties for Sex Abuse Offenders
Pope Francis leads the prayer to mark the end of the month of worldwide prayers to stop the pandemic in the Vatican gardens Monday, May 31, 2021 (Filippo Monteforte/Pool photo via AP)

The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Francis has signed off on a rewrite of the universal Catholic Church's internal penal system, updating a version in place since the 1980s and laying out clearer penalties for the sexual abuse of minors.

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