we are talking about catholic arts and catholic artists. we were looking into rene girard and his contributions to understanding our weaknesses. now, we are going to look at something a little more positive. this is the benedict 16 institute. it is under the auspices of this institute, that these gentlemen are in town today. it is under that which the rene girard conference was started . the benedict institute says they are opening the door to god and energizing the catholic culture of the arts. so, gentlemen you were brought into town for the conference. i want to talk to about the culture of catholic art and energizing people. you are both creators of beauty. that is no question. where is catholic art today. how is it going? >> i have a sense that we are at the beginning of a renewal. joseph made a comment about shivering in terror and that is not a bad response to contemporary history. it is safe to say that in the last six years, many writers and artists within the church are starting to realize not cos beauty and the arts play a vital

after this brief break please rejoin us to meet catholic artist and talk about catholic artist. >>> hello and welcome back. our guest today out of town. one from the frozen south dakota and one from philadelphia. >> widely published. you are now a professor at dakota state university. directing the study of cyber ethics. you're both poets and writers and in town here for a conference we had on renee and his work. i'm going to hold up this book at this moment and hope we can get a close up of this. renee was a literary critic turned to stanford and written revolutionary books. you came to town for a conference. what has he and his work to do with the work of catholic artist like yourself? >> well, first of all, gerard was just one of the great models of what a catholic intellectual should be. he thought about everything and drew all things together and left as little out as possible as any modern would do despite the complexity of our times. >> he seemed to wonder in from the 19th century thinkers. all that language, you've heard it of escape getting and victimwood comes from the 60th and

hello and welcome to quadriga sexual predators and the catholic church have destroyed the lives of powerless people around the globe and church authorities who knew about the abuse routinely denied it and sought to cover it up now after being forced to acknowledge sexual abuse of children pope francis has admitted that nuns were also victims of clerical sexual violence the admission comes at a critical moment for the church next thursday the phatic it will host a conference on sexual abuse by clerics but francis will be meeting with bishops from around the world to discuss ways of preventing such abuse demands are growing louder for substantial reforms. abuse of power a church in denial that's our topic this week. and here to help us break it down we have three. journalists. philip is editor with the german religious affairs magazine site he says the sexual abuse scandal in the catholic church is a wake up call for the institution to globally reform itself. also with my fellow anchor. grew up in. schools run by catholic nuns she says if the church just remain relevant to protect the survivor

news live from berlin and pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in wider society francis said the church would make protecting children its highest priority and the cover up of abuse that was common in the past also coming up. clashes at venezuela's borders as the military blocks attempts to bring humanitarian aid into the country opposition that your blog why don't urge the international community to keep all options open and says he'll meet with u.s. vice president mike pence on monday. thanks for joining us pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to bring child abuses the child abusers and the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a foretaste vatican summit to address paedophilia and the church amid an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests at evidence that their superiors concealed their crimes francis promised the church would end its culture of silence and decisively confront perpetrators. evil is within the catholic church according to pope francis and the time for apologies is over.

news live from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in wider society francis says the church wouldn't make protecting children its highest priority and the cover up of abuse that was common in the past also coming up arab league and european union leaders meet for the first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics money and mutual cooperation. and in the german bundesliga fired pull even with top one at the top of the standings at least for the moment. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us. pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to bring child abusers in the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to address head ophelia and the church amid an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence their superiors concealed their crimes francis promised the church would end its culture of silence and decisively confront perpetrator. evil is within the catholic church acco

this is the job you news coming to you live from berlin scandal hits the catholic church yet again this time allegations of sexual abuse of nuns including within india's catholic community the obvious speaks to a non who is refusing to remain silent also coming up now and see below see a tense and nato gathering in brussels after president dollar trump's frequent criticism of the alliance the u.s. house speaker is hoping to reassure members of washington's ongoing commitment. wanted to win the us president dollar trump is facing growing opposition to his declaration of a national emergency sixteen u.s. states are going to course to block the president's plan to appropriate funding for a border war that. glass in the city that the beatles made famous one german is gaining status. the first mantra. for me to believe. is we're going cluck takes live afford to more football glory he could join the list that includes the beatles his team hosts the mighty by neil nick tonight. hello and welcome i'm on the touchy about good to have their company. the catholic church is facing a new storm of al

of sexual abuse sweep india's catholic community t.w. speaks to a non who is refusing to remain silent also coming up. opposition to president trump's declaration of a national emergency and sixteen u.s. states are going to court to block the president's plan to appropriate funding for a southern border wall. and in the city that made the beatles famous a certain german's getting legendary status of his own name your organs and maybe just a few football victories away from joining the liverpool list that includes the beatles they're going up steam post byron munich tonight. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the catholic church is facing yet another storm of sexual abuse allegations this time in the southern indian state of catalog. the cases follow an all too familiar pattern allegations of abuse and then cover ups by top clergyman one of the most shocking examples a bishop accused of raping and nun thirteen times over a period of two years and not in that case says she was told to remain silent but as the church leaders

the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expelled the former u.s. cardinals from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children his expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. welcome to the program i'm marion evans dean. iran's foreign minister mohammad reeve has delivered a defined speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls for washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and accuse the u.s. of trying to exercise undue influence on the middle east his remarks rounded out a contentious conference where german chancellor angela merkel and mike pence also advanced opposing visions on iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policy. what it has to do more for iran's foreign minister mohammad javert sorry for sharply criticized the u.s. and dismissed vice president mike pence this recent demand that the e.u. withdraw from the nuclear treaty with iran which mr pence repeated scores. when he added gently demanded that europe must join the united states in underminin

this is t w news live from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in wider society francis says the church would make protecting children its highest priority and as a cover up of abuse that was common in the past also coming up. arab league and european union leaders meet for their first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egypt resort of sharm shaikh to talk peace politics money and mutual cooperation. and voters in the west african nation of senegal are called on to choose a new president or giving comment a second term in office but the vote is uncontroversial the two main challengers barred from running. maya schwager thanks for joining us pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to build a to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a four days vatican summit to address peta feeling and the church amid an avalanche of investigations and allegations against catholic priests and evidence their superiors conceal their crimes francis pro

do well for the next four days the pope will be posing questions just like that to leaders of the catholic church their answers could signal an historic change or ensure that the future remains like the past where sex abuse is more often treated as a sin to forgive and not necessarily a crime to prosecute i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. i was. raped by a priest when i was seven they are blocking justice for all victims of sexual abuse others was good and god i sat on his lap and my parents would say oh deacon mike don't go back to the cemetery it's too far i haven't tried to spend the night so he had access to me and my own home and then he put his hands in mine for johnny not this problem is dictating decades and decades long and that is a crime this is the moment for the church to change the difficulty is within the catholic church musicians with their approach every time i go into the shower i think about being rangers gives cookies is this. also coming up tonight a decision on discrimination is expected on friday from kenya's highest court that could impact the entire continen

of sexual abuse of nuns including within india's catholic community detail you speak to a nun who is refusing to remain silent also coming up one at home in the u.s. president donald trump is facing growing opposition to his declaration of a national emergency sixteen u.s. states and going to court to block the president's plan to appropriate funding for border wars. and the football crazy city of liverpool england a certain german is gaining cult status football coach jurgen klopp maybe just a few football victories away from joining the liverpool list that includes some of football's greatest his team liverpool caused by music tonight. how to rock and i'm number those stories in just a bit but first some breaking news the iconic chanel design a car lagerfeld has died at the age of eighty five lagerfeld is reported to have been in ill health for several weeks the iconic designer missed two option as couture shows in january but the company only said he'd been feeling tired the hamburg born designer was one of the most prolific designers in modern fashion but also gained a name for h

this is d w news asia coming up at the program the catholic church under fire in india allegations of sexual abuse with the country's catholic community speaks to a nun who's refusing to stay silent also on the show and many wanted sri lanka is recruiting executioners as part of its war on drugs a hardline policy inspired by the philippines but will it also come with you territory style justice. i'm melissa chan thank you for joining the program it's good to have you with us india is home to about twenty million christians it's a place where the catholic faith is growing but last year a nun in the southern state of carola accused a powerful bishop of raping her it sparked rare public protests by nuns and led to the arrest of the bishop he's now out on bail he received a hero's welcome he had in his diocese after his release the case has drawn huge attention in the country. as the vatican convenes in meeting later this week on sex abuse and transparency our india correspondent sonia found the car traveled to why i'm not in kerala state to meet a nun who's been speaking out she sent her

sexual abuse allegations sweeping india's catholic community d.w. speaks to a nun who refuses to remain silent. and a look behind the walls of an institution in russia that's preparing young offenders for life in the country's military. and we're just about a month to go until the politicians might have stalled but british businesses are not waiting more and more are positioning themselves for a move to the continent. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us we start the show in venezuela where the head of the ruling socialist party has called on supporters to take to the streets during a rally in my leader state yes total kobe oh urged people in all the states of venezuela to demonstrate in support of president nicolas maduro scholar meant he also ridiculed a group of european. and terry ins who were barred from entering the country they've been invited by the self and president an opposition leader. while in the u.s. president trump has been urging members of venezuela's terry to allow humanitarian aid into the country and side with why d

of sexual abuse sweeping india's catholic community e.w. speaks to a non who's refusing to remain silent also coming up. president trump urges venezuela's military to back self declared leader of one why dell is calling on them to abandon the government and set the country free. plus a look behind the walls of an institution in russia that's preparing young offenders for a life in the military. are brian thomas thanks so much for being with us the catholic church is facing another storm of sexual abuse allegations this time in the southern indian state of cattle up. the cases follow a familiar pattern allegations of abuse and then cover ups by top clergymen one of the most shocking cases a bishop accused of raping anon thirteen times over the course of two years now the nun in that case says she was told to remain silent but as the church leaders close ranks one of her fellow sisters is encouraging victims to speak out or india correspondent song your family car has more. it's early morning in. the church has always been a powerful institut

this is the news live from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in water society at the vatican summit francis says the church will make protecting children its highest priority but some victims who came to rome saying nothing concrete was decided. a groundbreaking diplomatic encounter arab league and european union leaders meet for the first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort town of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics and cooperation. and turn on the glitz and glamour the oscars hollywood. movie stars and the people working behind the camera as it holds its annual awards ceremony. thanks for joining us. pope francis has called for an all out battle to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice he was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to address paedophilia in the church after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence that there is a period conceal their crimes though many victims reacted skeptically francis promised the church would end wha

allegations of sexual abuse of nuns including in india's catholic community d.w. speaks to are not who is refusing to remain silent also coming up nancy pelosi attends a nato gathering in brussels but after president donald trump's frequent criticism of the alliance the u.s. house speaker over likely have a tough time reassuring members of washington's ongoing commitment. and back of the u.s. opposition to president dollar trunks declaration of a national emergency sixteen u.s. states are going to course to block the president's plan to appropriate funding for the southern border war. on a woman's continue. the catholic church is facing a new still with allegations over the sexual abuse of nuns this after the recent admission by pope francis that such abuse has taken place and is still continuing it's happening in many parts of the world including india in like the most shocking cases in the southern state of canada a bishop is accused of raping a nun thirteen times over a period of two years the nun says she was ordered to remain silent but one of a fellow sister

pence condemns european allies for not backing washington on iraq also coming up the most senior catholic cleric to be d. frocks in modern times the vatican expelled former u.s. cardinals from the priesthood and the sexual crimes against adults and children. plus the golden tag as to israel director not bad luck need wins the top prize of the butler and international film festival for his drama synonyms about leaving one's homeland we'll bring you all about a dollar highlights. boat load. a minute of his mackinnon thank you so much for joining us. the munich security conference which draws to a close today has highlighted the growing divide between germany and the u.s. german chancellor angela merkel spoke at the conference and defended a multilateral approach to global affairs speaking soon afterwards the u.s. vice president mike pence doubled down on the trump administration's criticism of europe and called on the e.u. to stop undermining u.s. sanctions against what he called iran murderous revolutionary regime. pangle america was not going to mean so words relations between the u.s. an

and pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in water society francis said the church would make protecting children at its highest priority but some victims say nothing concrete was decided at a vatican summit on such abuse. and we'll talk about a worrying trend that's going global the anti-vaccination movement a french child is suspected of reintroducing measles to costa rica will explore the international community's response to a viral movement. ending the wars in syria and yemen and restarting the middle east peace process those are some of the discussion leaders are wrestling with at the first ever joint summit of the arab league and european union is being hosted by egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi in the egyptian seaside resort of sharm el sheikh the goal is to tighten relations between the two organizations the two day gathering is also intended to strengthen ties between the e.u. and arab nations leaders are discussing security migration the stalled middle east peace process as well as the conflicts in yemen and syria. for more

he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. and. pope francis has in the past praise for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. let's get more on this now with correspondent roger maynard he joins us from said they following the case for us today roger good morning to you cardinal pell is now facing a long prison sentence but will he be dismissed from the priesthood and could he even be excommunicated as well. well obviously it's going to take some time before we reach that stage at the moment he's made it very clear that he's going to appeal against his conviction that could take many months possibly a year or so before we get any outcome from that if that if he if that appeal is rejected in the bathroom probably be passed on to a better gun or than hold their own inquiry into the it's there and the allegations being made against l. and only at that point will we get any possible decisional while the archbishop or

news live from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and and wider society francis says the church would make protecting children its highest priority and the cover up of abuse that was common in the past also coming up fashion is that israel's borders as the military blocks attempts to bring humanitarian aid into the country opposition their convoy don't urges the international community to keep all options open and says he'll meet with u.s. vice president mike pence on monday. and a historic day for german soccer and for the first time ever a woman will be making her debut as the coach of a men's hires and there's a new. waiter good to have you with us pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a four day says vatican summit to stop pedophilia and the church conference took place amid an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence their superiors concealed their crimes and has addressed francis promised the c

>> well, i was a very devout catholic. i was an irish catholic. i was sick. i had a disease of osio myelitis. i had to go to the hospital for an operation. i went into a children's hospital because i was 12 on the borderline of turning 13. i was very innocent. the innocence of sort of a 6-year-old now because i was a child of the fifties. i went into the hospital. there for three weeks. the catholic chaplain befriended me and made me his special friend. i felt very lucky that he was picking me out as you know, a really special friend and to me, he was such an important figure. you know? but i had a room of my own and he began to come round in the evenings and then the friendliness turned into abuse. and sexual abuse. and sexual interference. i didn't know what he was doing, i didn't know -- i knew it was wrong. it felt awful. he took intimate photographs and all the time i felt confused. i didn't know what he was doing, i didn't know why he was doing it. but i knew i didn't want it to happen. when i said to him, don't do this, it's wrong whatever you're doing

found him guilty of sexual abuse against both adults and minors mccarrick is the highest ranking catholic crack character cleric to receive the sanction in modern times the announcement was made just days before the pope will be hosting a church summit on preventing child abuse. the punishment handed down to this american cleric is unprecedented the former archbishop of washington theodore mccarrick soliciting sex from aspiring priests again and abused at least two minors between one thousand nine hundred ninety and one nine hundred ninety. he had already been stripped of his status as a cardinal last july in itself a bombshell for the church father bad harken caught the vatican you say the move is a good thing. is quite clear in this regard the problem in the past was that it wasn't applied the issue was covered up people looked the other way now it's simply gone through official channels with a very prominent figure it's not a papal decision but it really should be. the. last summer pope francis ordered an investigation into mccarrick the vatican reached its verdict on january eleventh

news live from berlin pope francis come dems the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in wider society francis said the church would make protecting children its highest priority and the cover up of abuse that was common in the past also coming up terribly and european union leaders meet for their first ever taught summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort a shot shake to talk peace tala sex money and mutual cooperation. and we'll talk about a worrying trend that's going global the anti-vaccination movement the french child is suspected of reintroducing measles to coaster reka will explore the international community's response to a viral movement. i'm irish waiter thanks for joining us pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to bring child abusers in the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to address paedophilia in the church amid an avalanche of investigations and allegations against catholic priests and evidence their superiors conceal their crimes francis pro

the catholic church in india has largely stayed silent on the allegations against the bishop who was arrested last year following the protests and then greeley's on bail even here why not officials were unwilling to see one priest who did agree sort to downplay the issue. my position is. my remember it. was. brought up in the public discussion so i thought that speaking out against the powerful catholic church and drawing attention to sexual abuse is never easy especially in a conservative states like. nuns who are dead to break the culture of silence faith ridicule isolation and even disciplinary action from the congregations this is. just about joining protests sister lucy has written articles criticizing the church silence on sexual abuse she's received warning letters from her congregation ordering her to stop speaking out she's been accused of causing harm to the church and belittling the catholic leadership says it. like their last anybody can speak freely frankly albany to the world if i am abused to saw them now with that campaign me tell them been a stat that so many are com

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin addressing the sexual abuse of children by the catholic church pope francis gathers high ranking members of the clergy to annex unprecedented summit in rome he says the world is expecting not just condemnation but concrete action so is this for turning point or just another talking shop. also coming up scenes of devastation in bangladesh as a fire sweeps through parts of the capital dhaka at least seventy people are killed and many more injured blazes thought it was stored in a warehouse before spreading rapidly through the city's old town. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us pope francis has opened an unprecedented summit on sexual abuse in the catholic church with bishops from around the world francis opened the four day meeting by insisting that the church must listen to abuse victims and survivors have voiced concerns that the pope's efforts to raise awareness don't go far enough some it comes after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests accusing them of molesting young boys and raping not let's listen now to mor

against all catholics, foreigners and negroes. one of smith's prominent supporters in the northeast was one of the best known rabbis at the time. he said by going after smith as a catholic, his opponents were going after the americanism of diverse groups, including jewish americans. there is something else to point out. understoodse groups that the campaign was about these cultural issues, as well as about economic issues. this is a pretty typical cartoon. this is from the baltimore afro-american. you could see what they think of herbert hoover. .e is nesting with the klan so far, this makes sense. look who else, industrial democracy. there is an understanding that there are numerous issues at stake here. indeed, the baltimore afro-american pointed this out several times on their pages. they always had a working-class audience and a working-class editorial disposition. they recognize the people being excluded culturally were also often the same people who are being left behind by the 1920's economy. the 1920'sfor who weren't roari

now the leader of the catholic church is calling for concrete measures to end child sex abuse in the church pope francis opening an unprecedented summit at the vatican attended by senior church leaders from across the world survivors have also given testimony there the catholic church has been accused of covering up scandals for decades and has paid out billions of dollars to thousands of victims you nancy. basing the plague of sexual abuse by the churches men against minors i thought to consult you because all together we should hear the holy spirit and listen to the cry of the young who want justice the way to pass through an ecclesiastical sponsibility which forces us to discuss this together is a burden on our meeting about how to face this evil which afflicts the church and the whole of humanity the holy people of god are watching us and wait not just for simple an expected conviction but concrete and effective measures and one of the cardinals attending that conference was reduced to tears while making a keynote speech the wounds of the recession carried the memory of illusion

he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. and. pope francis has in the past praised pell for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. ok let's go straight to australia now we are joined by correspondent roger maynard who's following the case for us from sydney good morning roger how are australians today reacting to cardinal pell's conviction. well as you would have seen in that report isn't joel you heard just now that there was a very stormy response to tell when he left court and global earlier on today a lot of people hurling abuse it in calling him a lost and various other attitudes but basically the the the feeling in australia at the moment is one of shock i think and that was in many ways reflected by a by the comments of the president of the australian catholic bishops conference mark courage who's been at that summit meeting in rome for the past few days that meeting of cardinals and bishops he said to sh

it is hard to overstate the scale of the crisis for the catholic church worldwide.ts were advocates and campaigners in terms of how the conference played out, paying lip service to the issue but not grasping the grassroots level reform needed. in australia, some felt those reforms were ready taking place. —— already. it has been a long process and yet one of the figures who claimed to be leading the process has itself been exposed has a paedophile. rome will need to look at how it came to trust cardinal pell and what more it needs to do to win back trust. thank you very much for that. anticipation is building ahead of the second summit between president donald trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the two men will meet on wednesday. these are live pictures from hanoi. the north korean leader arrived here at dong dang station in vietnam within the past hour. it's about 170 kilometres from the centre of hanoi. we believe he isjust about we believe he is just about to arrive at his hotel. north korea is desperate for an end to sanctions after years of economi

here's what we're following for you as thousands of catholics get up f morning mass. parishioners are still reacting to former cardinal theodore mccarrick being kicked out of the priesthood. >> one of mccarrick's victims from loubdoun county is finally to seehahappened to mccarrick but the action doesn't go far enough. our coverage coinues. t new overnight, investigators are looking int possibility that "empire" actor jussie smollett set up thettack on him. good morning, i'm adam tu i. >> and molette gen in here for meagan fitzgerald. >> any time i get to be here with mo, i'm happy. >> it's cold outside. >> i think we dodged precipition yesterday. temperatures outside sitting pretty low right now. a wintry mixn though ise way for plenty of us. >> stormeam 4's lauryn ricketts is tracking the system. took forev to warmp the car. what can we expect in the day ahead? >> in the day ahead we've got some freezing rain, some sleet and some rain. now i do want tooint this out. the national weather service went ahead and issued a winter weather advisory. however i think there i

the head of the roman catholic church has called for an all out battle against the abuse of children by priests the pope made the comments at an unprecedented of senior catholic clergy at the vatican but after four days of talks survivors of that abuse are not happy with what they've heard or a challenge reports now from. a religious service in the painted splendor of the vatican marks the end of this extraordinary meeting then pope francis gave high ranking clergy his concluding thoughts he called paedophile priests ravenous wolves and tools of satan and insisted this is a problem everywhere not just in developed countries where most cases have been exposed were re. here i would reaffirm that the church will spare no effort to do war that is necessary to bring to justice those who have committed such crimes the church will never seek to hush up or not take seriously any case it is convinced of the sins and crimes of consecrated people offer the tainted by infidelity and shame they just figure the countenance of the church and undermine its credibility. words that seem to go down wel

a global spotlight is on the catholic church and how it deals with sexual abuse.. yogita limaye, bbc news, in kerala. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: plumes of potentially toxic floodwater reach the great barrier reef, threatening the natural wonder of the coral. also on the programme: we visit the thailand's maya bay, made famous by the movie, "the beach" to see how it's recovering, after being damaged by tourism. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. it's terrible for the repercussions on the streets. one wonders who is next? gunfire as the airlift got under way, there was no let up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low the crater flowed down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. but it could start flowing again at any time. t

pope francis will today open a summit on sexual abuse in the catholic church attended by bishops from around the world the meeting comes after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests accusing them of molesting young boys and raping nuns in the past the church has been reluctant to deal with these crimes which if now become a global issue let's look at a couple of examples ireland has seen reports of widespread sexual abuse in catholic institutions estimates put the number of overall victims there at fourteen thousand five hundred australia there more than fifteen thousand possible sex abuse survivors have come forward since two thousand and twelve according to a national inquiry and in the united states while the number of survivors there is x. is suspected to be well over one hundred thousand one wednesday pope francis met with a sexual abuse survivor from yet another country polled and moderate the shinseki traveled to the vatican with a report on the many allegations against members of the clergy in poland after surviving abuse by a local priest founded the organizatio

the catholic church is preparing to confront abuse by clergy.ht, bishops around the globe are gathering for a four-day summit convened by pope frcis. it starts tomorrow and will address recent scandals and accusations that the chave been covered up. the bbc's religion editor martio bashir reportsrome. >> i was then about seven or eight yes old. i became a little friend of the chaplain. martin: on every continent, priests have been betraying .trust and abusing childr >> every time he commit abuse to me, he sent me to another priest to confess myself. martin: chrissy's family was torn apart when both daughters s weually assaulted by the same priest. >> it is very debilitating, the impact on the victim. t but on the families, such a betrayal. they had the knowledge of these crimes, they hid it, they moved perpetrators on, kept it a secret. martin: a royal commission accused 7% of australia's priests of abusing children. in germany, a study found 3600 children had been abused by nearly 1700 clergy. in the state of pennsylvania alone, 300 priests abu