"Children cannot consent to sexual activity with adults"

"A criminal and immoral act which never can be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior."

"This investigation has identified some extremely dangerous child sexual offenders who believed paying for children to…"

"Here I would like to pause to acknowledge the shame which we have all felt as a result of the sexual abuse of minors …"

"Church must do penance for abuse cases."

"In accordance with the apostolic constitutions, in particular the constitution Sacramentum Poenitentiae of Benedict X…"

"Anyone who has committed the crime of solicitation dealt with in canon 904 is to be suspended from celebrating Mass a…"

"To be punished with just penalties, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state if the case so warrants."

"By the early 21st century, the issue of child sexual abuse has become a legitimate focus of professional attention, w…"

"No one [in the Vatican] thinks the sexual abuse of kids is unique to the States, but they do think that the reporting…"