Religious orders sorry for abuse inaction

By Nicole Winfield
Updated February 20 2019 - 1:01pm, first published 12:55pm
Pope Francis' sex abuse prevention summit will open on Thursday.
Pope Francis' sex abuse prevention summit will open on Thursday.

Catholic religious orders around the world have apologised for failing to respond when their priests raped children, acknowledging their family-like communities blinded them to sexual abuse and led to misplaced loyalties.

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