Pope Francis demands justice for sexual abuse, condemns cover-ups in troubled Belgium visit

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BRUSSELS—Pope Francis demanded Sunday that priestly sexual abusers be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by praising the courage of survivors of a scandal that has devastated the church’s credibility.

Francis’ unscheduled visit to pray at the king’s tomb and declaration that the legislation was “homicidal” were among several gestures in this once staunchly Catholic country that unnerved its secularized young people, many of whom have turned away from the faith.

Francis’ visit to Belgium was always going to be difficult, given the country’s wretched legacy of clerical sexual abuse and overall secularizing trends, which have emptied its majestic cathedrals and churches.

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Author / Journalist: Nicole Winfield & Raf Casert / The Associated Press

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