Vatican City, Aug 11, 2018 / 08:52 am
Pope Francis held a meeting on the abuse scandal in Chile and will continue to follow the actions of the country's bishops' conference in response to the crisis, the Vatican press office said Friday.
According to press office vice director, Paloma Garcia, Francis is following "with interest" the response of the Chilean bishops and "has expressed his desire to continue to clarify all the questions in order to give a just answer to everyone."
The pope met with Bishop Juan Ignacio González of San Bernardo and Ana María Celis Brunet, president of the Chilean National Council for the Prevention of Abuse, in the Vatican's Santa Marta House Aug. 10.
An attorney, Celis was appointed to the position in early August by the Chilean bishops, during a week-long meeting to consider the roots of the crisis of sexual abuse in the Church in their country and to define guidelines to implement in their dioceses.