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Were responsible for protecting those abusers through this long history of suffering, this dark stain on the church. thats what well be listening for over the coming days. victor, christi, back to you. >> all righty, phil black. thank you so much. we appreciate it. and this morning the pope will be taking questions as well. well have more on that during the 10:00 a.m. hour. well, kids are headed back to class to tackle a new year, and for parents, the possibility of a school shooting should no...

As well, because that is the dominant, defining issue of this visit. it was always going to be in ireland, but of course, its not just an irish problem for the church. it is a global one as well. that was shown recently by that report in pennsylvania, which found that more than 1,000 children had been abused by some 300 priests over a prolonged period of time. that has heightened the expectation that the pope is expected to act decisively. in recent days, weve spoken to victims of the clerical a...

Acknowledgement of child abuse. he had to acknowledge he said the shame, the failure of the church to deal with this adequately. and promised it would be fixed. now, all of in while also acknowledging, he said the righteous outrage that people felt here pl all of this has to some degree been heard before. thats how victims of sexual abuse in this country by the clergy responded. they heard it what they were looking for is something more substantial. its what they want to hear from the pope over ...

>> theres only one remedy for this, and thats to eliminate the statute of limitations, enact the survivor window. thats the only remedy. prayers -- prayers are what god -- >> if you had an audience with the pope, if you could sit down with him and speak to him face to face, what would you say? >> i would say you need to clean up your act. you need to get your church in order. you need to take all of those priests that have been abusing children and put them in jail. >> the way i feel now, prayer...

Abusers. >> and take these people out of ministry. make an example out of them. >> people ask if i will ever get passed this. i say "no." there are things, there are signs every single day that remind me of my abuse. so, no, this is until the end of my life, i will always think about this. >> this family is growing, and its growing fast. and its going to be an army. and were not going to stop. were going to keep adding to it. and were enjoying to -- were going to force the church to change. >> a...

Abusers and individuals from obtaining firearms. adding more guns into a situation has statistically shown us it creates more danger and puts more lives at risk. >> thats a high-five right. >> tenille, matt, thank you for your time and for your enthusiasm, as well, on this issue. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you very much. >> i would absolutely love lebron to replace betsy. >> thats another high-five. >> all right. continuing with the sports theme here, ohio states urban meyer. he has ...

>> showed no care for the little ones, we abandoned them, so rights pope francis in a three-page letter in response to last weeks pennsylvania grand jury report alleging the sexual abuse of over 1,000 children by 301 priests over 70 years throughout the state. the leader of the catholic church admits the church has delayed implementing zero-tolerance policies, adding "no effort must be spared to prevent the from happening agai again close, realizing the magnitude and the gravity of the damage do...

Three-page letter letter addreo the people of god, pope francis condemned the sexual abuse cover-up. he wrote, "no effort must be spared from keeping sexual abuse from happening again." he also said the church has delayed implementing necessary reforms that would hold those committing abuses accountable. letter also address the pain that abuse survivors are going through. francis acknowledging "we were not where we should have been, that we did not act in a timely manner, realized the magnitude ...

This obviously is a wider problem. hes going to be going, for example, to ireland, where they have had their own sexual abuse scandal. its -- he really has to address this as the leader of all of those people. >> they have been addressing this for how many years? i mean, we get it. you have a sex abuse problem in the catholic church. we get it. been there. done that. what are you doing to fix it? weve heard, you know, all these little ones. >> what would you like to see him do? what could -- you...

That doesnt change if the perpetrator is our favorite activist, actress or professor of any gender. and we wont shift the culture unless we get serious about shifting the false narratives. this is complicated. this is not what the last year of #metoo has sort of prepared us to hear. >> it is a challenging situation when any charismatic personality in a social movement turns out to be a problem. the #metoo movement is more than about one personality. its been beyond hollywood. its been workers at...