Pope Francis to sex abusers: Turn yourselves in

Francis on Friday dedicated his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy to abuse, evidence that a year of devastating revelations has shaken his papacy and caused a crisis of confidence in the Catholic hierarchy.

Francis acknowledged that the church in the pasthad failed to treat the problem seriously, but vowed that going forward, it would never cover up or dismiss cases again and would “spare no effort” to find justice for pedophiles.

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