VATICAN CITY - Sexual abusers are disgusting 'enemies' who deserve to be condemned and punished - but also deserve Christian love and pastoral care because they too are children of God, Pope Francis said. He made his comments on April 29 in a private conversation with Jesuits while he was visiting Hungary. Pope Francis is also a Jesuit and the...
Pope Francis acknowledged that such an attitude was difficult to live out because of the effect abusers have on people's lives.VATICAN CITY - Sexual abusers are disgusting "enemies" who deserve to be condemned and punished - but also deserve Christian love and pastoral care because they too are children of God, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis is also a Jesuit and the comments were published on Tuesday in the Italian Jesuit journal Civilta Cattolica, as is customary after such meetings. During Pope Francis' visit, a Hungarian member of the Jesuits religious order asked him how it was possible to follow Jesus' commandment to love enemies when the enemy was a sexual abuser.
"The abuser is to be condemned, indeed, but as a brother," Pope Francis said, calling it "a form of loving the enemy", although he acknowledged that such an attitude was difficult to live out because of the effect abusers have on people's lives.
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