Hungarian opposition calls on Pope Francis to address child sexual abuse cases in Hungary’s Catholic Church
The Democratic Coalition (DK) has asked Pope Francis to ensure that the Catholic Church in Hungary uncovers sex crimes committed against children and names the perpetrators.
Noting the prime minister’s Wednesday meeting with the pontiff, Ágnes Vadai, the party’s deputy group leader, told an online press briefing the number of cases of “Catholic priests … using the Bible as cover to rape children” was as yet unknown, and she noted that DK’s proposal to set up a relevant parliamentary investigative committee comprising civilians and church figures had been rejected.
She said her party insisted that everyone was under obligation to report sexual abuse against children.
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