Pope says orders investigation into sexual abuse in Spain


  • World
  • Wednesday, 26 Nov 2014

Pope Francis addresses the Council of Europe in Strasbourg November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Sandro Weltin/Council of Europe/Handout via Reuters

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday he had personally ordered an investigation into a case of sexual abuse of a minor by priests in Spain because he felt the church should not hide the truth.

Three Spanish Catholic priests and a lay person were arrested in Granada on Monday. The case emerged after a man wrote to the pope telling him of how he had been molested when he was an altar boy.

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