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Carl Hiaasen: Pope Francis must confront parishioners' pain -- and the priests who inflict it -- with resolve

In a meeting that should have been held decades ago, Pope Francis last week convened Roman Catholic leaders at the Vatican and called for "concrete and effective measures" to curb the "scourge" of sexual abuse by priests.

Strong words from the Holy Father. So it's finally time to get tough, is it?

The summit is being hailed as "historic" only because the disgraceful history of the church was to suppress the claims of young

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