Pope summons senior bishops for summit on clerical sexual abuse

Meeting of bishops conference presidents in February will seek to address global scandal

Pope Francis is summoning all bishops conference presidents for a February summit to discuss preventing clerical sexual abuse against children – evidence that he realises the scandal is global and that inaction threatens to undermine his legacy.

The pope’s key cardinal advisers announced the decision Wednesday, a day before Francis is due to meet with US Catholic church leaders, who have been further discredited by the latest accusations in the decades-long sexual abuse and cover-up scandal.

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