The focus of the abuse scandal in search of new Pope

Vatican city: For decades, the sexual abuse of children has been covered up by the church by Catholic priests. But Cardinals listed it as an important challenge for the next Pope on Monday.

In a meeting to prepare for the choice of a successor in Pope Francis, outlined cardinals in a complaint from May 7th “Evangelization, the relationship with other beliefs (and) abuse” as the most urgent challenges of the church. It was an explanation that was greeted by Anne Barrett Doyle, a long -time activist who was founded with Mitopcountability.org, who gained information on abuse.

“The church worldwide takes care of tens of millions of children through its communities, schools, hospitals and orphanages,” she told AFP. “The sacred commitment of the next Pope must be to protect it from abuse. Your security is at stake, as is the moral authority of the Church.”

Francis, who died on April 21, did more than any other Pope to tackle the scourge of abuse that his predecessor, German Benedict XVI. However, critics say that the actions of the Argentine for 12 years as a Pope as a Pope went back to the “zero tolerance” that he promised.

“What we need from the next Pope is a meaningful action, no longer rhetoric,” said Barrett Doyle. “We need it to enact a universal church law that permanently deprives all proven child molesters from the public service.