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The Pope and the Orthodox: Serious About Sexual Misconduct Reform?

April 18, 2008 | Comments Off

by Theophan Zarras
The media is widely reporting news of the Pope’s current visit to the United States and his comments on the sexual abuse crisis.
The pontiff called the scandal a cause of “deep shame”, and spoke of the “enormous pain” that communities have suffered from such “gravely immoral behaviour” by priests. Source
The pope went […]

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