Pope calls for healing in US
POPE Francis is encouraging US bishops meeting near Chicago to unify as the Catholic Church deals with a “crisis of credibility” stemming from the clergy sex abuse scandal.
In an eight-page letter addressed to the bishops and released to the media Thursday, Francis acknowledged that “no response or approach seems adequate” to the crisis.
The letter’s publication came on the same day that The Associated Press reported it found US dioceses have released the names of about 1000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children.