Pope On Pedophile Priests: Church Acted With 'Transparency And Responsibility'

Pope Defends Church's Actions In Fight Against Pedophile Priests
Pope Francis waves as he is driven through the crowd ahead of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Pope Francis waves as he is driven through the crowd ahead of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Pope Francis has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying "no-one else has done more" to root out pedophilia.

"The Catholic Church is perhaps the only public institution to have acted with transparency and responsibility. No-one else has done more. Yet the Church is the only one to have been attacked," he said in an interview with Il Corriere della Sera daily published Wednesday.

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