Some Catholic Priests have impregnated 30 nuns, Pope Francis has confirmed the reports for the first time.
According to Pope Francis, priests and bishops in the Catholic Church had sexually abused nuns and that some priests have been suspended on several occasions.
Specifically, several examples came from Africa, where priests were said to have turned to nuns for sex during the spread of AIDS.
The Vatican yesterday acknowledged the reports but added that the incidents of sexual abuse are “restricted to a certain geographic area,” without clarification.
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Vatican spokesperson Joaquin Navarro-Valls said, “Work is being done both on the training of people and the resolution of individual cases.”
He added, however, that some negative cases cannot let us forget the often heroic faith expressed by the large majority of those men and women in religious orders and of the clergy.”