Pope vows 'concrete' measures at child sexual abuse summit

Church must ‘listen to cry of little ones seeking justice’, says pontiff at Vatican conference

Pope Francis has promised that concrete actions against child sexual abuse by priests would result from a conference he opened on Thursday, in an attempt to counter scepticism from some survivors who said the meeting looked like a public relations exercise.

The pope convened Catholic leaders from around the world for the four-day meeting to address the scandal that has ravaged the church’s credibility in the United States – where it has paid billions of dollars in settlements – Ireland, Chile, Australia, and elsewhere over the last three decades.

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