Former Vatican official urges Pope Francis to implement global zero-tolerance law for clergy abuse, calling for a fundamental shift in the Church's approach to safeguarding victims

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse have urged the Vatican to expand the zero-tolerance policy it approved for the US Catholic Church in 2002 to the rest of the world, arguing that children everywhere should be protected from predator priests.

The policy, which permanently removes priests for a single act of sexual abuse, is currently limited to the US. View on euronews