Pope apologises to abuse victims but defends Chilean bishop

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(22 Jan 2018) Pope Francis spoke with journalists about Peru's biggest clerical abuse scandal, on his flight from Lima back to Rome on Monday. • He said that Luis Figari, the disgraced former leader of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Peru-based Catholic lay movement, would have his appeal verdict heard in less than a month. • An independent investigation found Figari sodomised recruits and forced them to fondle him and one another. • Looming over his visit to both Chile and Peru were damaging clerical sex abuse scandals and growing apathy over the Catholic Church. • In a Latinobarometro annual poll last year, 45 percent of Chileans identified as Roman Catholic, a sharp drop from the mid-60s a decade ago. • Even in deeply religious Peru, where nearly three-quarters of the population calls itself Catholic, the number of faithful has dipped notably from a generation ago. • While on the plane, Pope Francis spoke about the nature of corruption and people taking advantage of others. • He also spoke about visiting a Chilean women's prison, saying he was deeply moved. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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