Pope’s words on pedophilia ‘unlikely to satisfy victims’
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GLASGOW — Some of Pope Benedict XVI’s clearest criticism yet of the Catholic Church’s approach to pedophile priests will fall short of the demands of abuse victims, Vatican analysts said.
As he flew into Scotland to begin a four-day state visit to Britain, the Pope told journalists on his plane that church authorities had “not been vigilant enough” to prevent the abuse of children by priests and nuns.
The Church “did not act quickly or firmly enough to take the necessary action” to quell the problem, he said, expressing “sadness.”
Marco Politi, a commentator for Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano, said while the comments were a small step forward, they would do little to silence criticism of the Vatican’s stance on abuse.
“The Pope is sincere in his regrets, but that will not be enough in the eyes of victims’ groups,” he told AFP.
.... MORESource: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100918com3.html
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