Survivors Call on Next Pope to End Sexual Abuse by Clergy

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has swirled around the Roman Catholic Church for decades.

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Survivors Urge Cardinals to Discuss Sex Abuse Crisis in Choosing Next Pope

Pope Francis is credited with addressing the issue more strongly than his predecessors did, but clerical abuse remains a ruinous issue for the Roman Catholic Church.

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