Pontifical secrecy ‘no more an excuse’ for church officials to refuse to share information
Pope Francis has announced sweeping changes to the way the Roman Catholic church deals with cases of sexual abuse of children, abolishing the rule of pontifical secrecy that previously covered them.
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