Topic: Roman Catholic predator priests
Pope directs abuser priests to hand themselves over to human justice
The pontiff's statements came days after U.S. Attorney General Lisa Madigan revealed that nearly 700 Catholic priests have been accused of child sexual abuse in recent decades in Illinois. Presenting the results of an investigation that began in August, Madigan pointed out that sexual abuse accusations in Illinois were not properly investigated by ecclesiastical authorities or "simply were not investigated" at all.