Forgive and Forget?

“I beg your forgiveness, too, for the sins of omission on the part of Church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members, as well as by abuse victims themselves.” So said Pope Francis during a meeting with sex-abuse victims. The head of the world’s largest survivor network (sadly, it has more than 18,000 members) responds with a list of fifteen better ways for him to act.