POPE TACKLES ABUSE CRISIS

PFMLIT CANADA, CLERGY, General, INTERNATIONAL, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST

At a big outdoor Mass yesterday Pope John Paul II urged a drenched but ecstatic crowd of 800,000 to stand by their church and not let priest sex scandals shake their faith.  Do not be discouraged by the sins and failings of some of her [the church's] members, he said.  He added the scandal should not deter people with the calling from becoming priests.  

(Toronto, Canada)