Pope Francis released an open letter to the world's Catholics after the Pennsylvania revelations, basically repeating the company line. Mahony, who covered up sexual abuse by priests in California, according to church records, retired peacefully at age 75. Pope Francis condemned priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up by the Catholic Church, in a public letter. 2:11By any secular standard, the Catholic Church is a corrupt organization. Earlier this year, after Bishop Juan Barros of Chile was accused of covering up clerical abuse, Pope Francis denounced the accusers' "calumny."

Source: CBC News August 26, 2018 07:52 UTC