Pope Francis had a troubled course on dealing with clergy sexual abuse
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FILE - Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an Epiphany Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
FILE - An aide adjusts Pope Francis' mantle as he delivers his speech at the Knock Shrine, in Knock, Ireland, Aug. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
FILE - Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick poses for a photo in Rome, on Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
FILE - Chilean sexual abuse victim Juan Carlos Cruz speaks to reporters at the foreign press association in Rome, May 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
FILE - Chilean sex abuse victim Juan Carlos Cruz speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, April 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
FILE - From left, survivor-activists psychoneurologist Denise Buchanan, psychotherapist Peter Isely, Kazlaw Injury & Trauma Lawyers' support team specialist Leona Huggins and president of Ending Clergy Abuse Timothy Law hold a wooden cross as they arrive at the Vatican, Sept. 27, 2023, at the end of their pilgrimage to protest the pope's failure to end clergy abuse. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)
FILE - Survivors of sex abuse hold a cross as they gather in front of St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during a vigil prayer for victims of sexual abuse, in Rome, Feb. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
FILE - Rev. Fernando Karadima sits in court before testifying in a sexual abuse case that three of his victims brought against the country's Catholic Church in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo, File)
FILE - Archbishop Charles Scicluna is seen during a press conference on people who claim to have been victims of sexual abuse by members of the church, in Santiago, Chile, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo, File)
FILE - Argentine Catholic priest Julio Grassi talks to reporters as he leaves a courthouse in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, June 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Rolando Andrade Stracuzzi, File)
FILE - Former Bishop of Oran Gustavo Zanchetta participates in negotiations with border workers in Oran, Salta, Argentina, on Aug. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan, File)
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FILE - Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an Epiphany Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)