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Pope: "keep the line of Benedict XVI against abusers"

From the Bollettino:

The Holy Father received in audience this morning H.E.Abp. Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In the audience, during which several dossiers of the competence of the Dicastery were treated, the Holy Father recommended in a particular way that the Congregation, continuing on the line willed by Benedict XVI, act decisively regarding the cases of sexual abuses, first of all by promoting measures for the protection of minors, as well as in offering assistance to those who have suffered abuse, carrying out due proceedings against the guilty, and in the commitment of bishops' conferences to formulate and implement the necessary directives in this area that is so important for the Church's witness and credibility. The Holy Father assured that victims of abuse are present in a particular way in his prayers for those who are suffering.