Polish Catholic archbishop stirs anger by linking child sex abuse and divorce

Chris Engel 10/9/136:59 PM

"Poland’s most senior Catholic cleric said children with divorced parents were sometimes more vulnerable to sexual abuse by priests, remarks that prompted a storm of outrage though the church later said it was a slip of the tongue.

"The comments from Archbishop Jozef Michalik entrenched the view among some younger Poles that the church is out of touch with modern society and failing to properly confront allegations of sexual abuse by priests...."

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2013/10/09/polish-catholic-archbishop-stirs-anger-by-linking-child-sex-abuse-and-divorce/

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