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Earlier this week we reported on the shocking Pennsylvania grand jury report that details decades of sexual abuses by Catholic priests and coverups by bishops.
The report went into graphic details about how more than 300 “predator priests” sexually abused more than 1,000 boys and girls since the 1940s.
The report says the priests plied the children with alcohol, then groped, molested or raped them orally, vaginally or anally.
There was mounting pressure for Pope Francis to respond.
Today, the Vatican broke its silence, calling the accusations “criminal and morally reprehensible.”
The Director of the Vatican press office says “there are two words that can express the feelings faced with these horrible crimes: shame and sorrow.”
The Pope himself has yet to comment on the accusations in the report.