If you are seeking "guidance" from the Pope on priest sexual abuse, here are some interesting pieces from his speech...taken directly from what was posted by Joe O.

"under the mantle of the sacred profoundly wound human persons in their childhood, damaging them for a whole lifetime".


"We must accept this humiliation as an exhortation to truth and a call to renewal. Only the truth saves.

We must ask ourselves what we can do to repair as much as possible the injustice that has occurred. We must ask ourselves what was wrong in our proclamation, in our whole way of living the Christian life, to allow such a thing to happen.

We must discover a new resoluteness in faith and in doing good. We must be capable of doing penance.

We must be determined to make every possible effort in priestly formation to prevent anything of the kind from happening again.

This is also the moment to offer heartfelt thanks to all those who work to help victims and to restore their trust in the Church, their capacity to believe her message. In my meetings with victims of this sin, I have also always found people who, with great dedication, stand alongside those who suffer and have been damaged.

We are well aware of the particular gravity of this sin committed by priests and of our corresponding responsibility".