it's not new to the vatican. there was a religious sister and nun working in africa, 25 years ago, she sent a report to the vatican about nuns being raped and abused by priests in africa. and nothing was done about it. so they've known about it. it's only when it becomes public that they start to give it any attention. i think what is going to happen with the abuse of nuns and the abuse of young seminarians, this is going to explode in the same way as the child abuse did. when the actual victims feel that they can come forward and speak out. and the church in the past has only confronted the abuse of children in the countries where it has become a public scandal, where the media and the people become angry and the erica, australia, a country like my own, ireland. they seem to wait. they're not proactive. they're reactive. they do something when they have to, not when they should. and i think this is the problem. there are solutions that could be put into place immediately. and they're not doing them. they're prom

it's a historic summit and indeed let's look back on the guest or day's events and the vatican. amassed and the third day of the vatican conference on child sex abuse the mood was saumur as pope francis reflected on the proceedings. but if there's a need to show movies and days we spoke to each other we listened to the voices of the victims who survived the crimes in the youth so suffered in our church who knew for us to enter the future with renewed courage we need to say like the prodigal son father i have sinned. open. so it was earlier pope francis looked on as church officials reckoned with a decades long legacy of sex abuse some have criticized francis for moving too slowly to address accusations me after his predecessor failed to address the subject at all german cardinal reinhard marx admitted to a shocking lack of transparency over the years flies that could have documented the terrible deeds and maimed those responsible were destroyed or not even created. instead of the perpetrators the victims were regulated and silence imposed. cardinal marks his words created outrag

the catholic church rocked by an explosive announcementy e vatican. good evening. i'm erika gonzalez. urs after a vatican tribunal defrocked cardinal mccarrick, we are getting more reaction. the once powerful archbishop has been a power player for the church and evacuate officials found him guilty of solicitin sex in the confessional and for sexual crimes altinst a and minors. >> this abuse and the ncover-up o longer be tolerated and the different treatment for bishops who have committed or covered up abuse, in fact, a form of clericali no longer acceptable. >> he is the highest to be relieved of priestly duties in modern times. he was archbishop of washington there 01 to 2006 and the archdiocese hopes the vatican's depsion serves to h the healing process for survivors and those who have experienced disappointment or disillusionment because of what former ahop mccarrick has done. end quote. now the announcement comes as the world's bishops prepare to ther in rome next week for a conference on sexual abuse within the churc the decisio signed off on by pope francis h

the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on sex abuse cases. thanks for joining us i'm marian epstein iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from 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 the iran and the direction of their nation's foreign policy. what it has today morphed iran's foreign minister mohammed javert sorry for sharply criticizing the u.s. and dismissed vice president mike pence this recent demand that the e.u. withdraw from the nuclear treaty with iran under mr pence repeated the scars. when he added gently demanded that europe must join the united states in underm

also coming up to the most senior top flight clerics be defrocked in more than time the vatican expelled a little by u.s. cardinals from the priesthood and the sexual crimes against adults and children. plus the gold and that goes to israel direct enough that lockheed wins the top prize at the but international film festival because drama synonyms about leaving one tehran will bring you older but not a highlight. i'm on your campus mackinnon thanks so much for joining us is the final day of the munich security conference and today's focus is the middle east a clash between the u.s. and its european allies over iran was already in evidence on. saturday u.s. vice president mike pence cold on the e.u. to follow washington's lead and pull out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal accusing europeans of undermining u.s. sanctions amid a growing divide between the u.s. and germany charts i'm going to machall defended the iran agreement as a kid channel to terror on it and stressed the need for international diplomacy iran's foreign minister zarif took to the podium a short while ago and to li

iran from europe also coming up the most senior catholic cleric to be defrocked in modern times the vatican expels a former ins u.s. cardinal from the priesthood over sexual crimes against adults and children his expulsion comes as the church prepares for a summit on the sex abuse cases. plus the golden bear goes to israel director not bottle of peter wins the top prize at the berlin international film festival for his drama centenarians about leaving once homeland will bring you all the berlin nala highlights. thanks for joining us i'm married to evanston. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has delivered a defiant speech at the munich security conference he condemned calls from washington for the european union to abandon the iran nuclear deal and he accused 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 iran's foreign minister mohammad shot sorry fo

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 well with those present i have a very good feeling. and also the speech pope francis cave us after mass this morning the suffering of strength and so very resolute so i think this meeting is not a finish up it's a start. we know there are some still active at least but survivors of abuse were angry they wanted to hear the pope

the vatican dismisses a former catholic cardinal from the priesthood in connection with child sex abuse charges is the most senior catholic cleric to receive punishment in modern church history. the berlin international film festival comes to a time with the coveted golden they're going to no doubt keeps film synonyms it's about an israeli man tries to suppress his origins after moving to paris. hello and welcome to the program nick spicer political heavyweights made speeches on the second day of the munich security conference with both german chancellor i'm going to meth and u.s. vice president mike pence taking to the podium fence has repeatedly criticized europe of late mathilde made an appeal for more international cooperation but she also didn't shy away from the major points of contention between berlin and washington. america was not going to mean so words relations between the u.s. and germany have been tense recently and energy policy is one of the points of contention the u.s. criticised north stream to america defended the planned gas pipeline linking russia to germany if the

the vatican announcing the decision overnight.arrick was accused of sexual misconduct involving adults and minors. you can catch up on our month of coverage on this major story in the nbc washington app. t this i official bulletin that's come out from the vatican this morning. we are going to continue to update this throughout the morning. we'll be back at 9:00 with more on that. >>> meantime, wet weather to the south? >> stayingo the south. fredericksburg, stafford, into the northern neck and southern maryland, you'll see a little bit of rain. ight snow mixed in, but no accumulation, no problems or anything. some rain and sleet tomorrow night into monday. >> not too bad. we'll be back on air in 25 minutes with a local n update. for now, let's >>> good morning. mass shooting tragedy. >> attention all police. aurora h an active shooting. >> five victims killed, pice officers wounded, as a man fired from a manufacturing company in aurora, illinois, started gunning down his co-workers. b >> this respon law enforcement, from centrfede

for them the summit has got off to a bad start before it's even begun ory chalons al-jazeera the vatican. early is a church historian and visiting italian professor of theology and religious studies at villanova university he says the meeting is important to raise awareness. it's a big crisis that has entered if new faces twenty eighteen because as you mentioned the case of cardinal mccarrick the case of chile and because the pontificate of pope francis has be remarkably honest on some issues regarding sexuality sexuality so this meeting happens very different context for the sex abuse crisis compared to just a few years ago this meeting ease unprecedented but we shouldn't expect the production of new laws in these four days the most important aspect will be to raise. awareness especially in those countries were the situation is not like in the u.s. or in canada australia were held of work has been included in my own italy my own country the situation the compared to the other states twenty or thirty years beyond i saw here it's a problem of raising the level of consciousness in the glob

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. and germany have been tense recently and energy policy is one of the point

vatican officials found him guilty ofolicitation in a confessional, since of adultery with minors and adults and abuse of power. he spoke to parishioners outside st. ma cathedral in northwest d.c. after the 5:30 mass. >> what's going on in the catholic church is a disgrace. i'm beyond upset, and i -- i feel so sad for all the people who have been so hurt and deceived overhese years. >> mccarrick served as archbishop from 2001 to 200 and he becomes the first catholic church leader to be defrocked or removed frothe priesthood because of sexual abuse, and this decision g the blessing of pope francis himself as bishops prepare together in rome next week to discuss the worldwide sexual abuse scandal. this man says he grewe up in church. >> i think it was about time. >> reporter: why do you say that? >> church needs to do the right things, and i think that w one of the right things. >> reporter: an archdiocese statement says it hopes vatican's decision serves to help the healing process for survivors of abuse as well as those who havenc exper disappointment or disillusionment because of wha

on the eve of an unprecedented meeting on sexual abuse at the vatican they brought their stories to tell pope francis. speaking to journalists earlier in the day survivors explained what they wanted but zero tolerance if you've abused a child you're not going to be a priest anymore and if you've covered up for that abuse or. you too are not going to be a priest anymore. starting from when he was seven peter saunders was abused by three different men it was it was sexual assault i don't i don't i didn't really need to go into graphic detail but i was sexually assaulted by these characters and whilst i have recovered in the physical sense it didn't have any long lasting effect on me what these creatures did to me i still actually have a weekly therapy session because it messes your mind up it's abuse like this that the vatican says it's determined to put a stop to and that the four day meeting is vital in impressing on senior clarity who've come from around the world that it's their shared responsibility to do so but although cardinals and bishops will hear video testimony from victims of

martin bashir, bbc news, at the vatican.: for more on the summit i spoke a brief time ago with church historian massimo 5g ggay, -- massimo fali professor of theology at villanova university. what could this summit do to show that the catholic church is taking the crisis seriously? imssimo: this is the first that the vatican has acknowledged that this is a glob crisis, and the expected outcome is that every church leader in every part of the rld will have a very cle sense of what are the expectations from church leadership. and so it is not about developing new legal tools, because this is not a legal crisis. it is a crisis of leadership and enforcement of existing laws and pocies. laura: how crucial is this summit for pope francis himself and his veryeadership of the urch? massimo: it is crucial because he himself acknowledged last year that he made serious mistakes in handling this, in the case of chile especial. it is a crisis he has inherited largely from his predecessor.e thst difficult thing is that lthe most problemat

that's the country of the vatican.some positive things have come out of this meeting at we've said. not quite what the survivors wanted. so there are still some things to do on the part of the vatican going forward, george. >> delia gallagher following it all for us live for us in rome. delia, thank you. >>> the united states is reinforcing its support for venezuela's opposition. this after violence erupted over the weekend. ahead, the high-profile meeting between the venezuelan opposition leader and the vice president, mike pence. >>> plus a deal in the desert turns into delay in the desert. the latest on brexit, the british prime minister and her trip to egypt. we'll have the latest for you. (client's voice) oww, it hurts... (danny) ...that you're not using smarter tools to manage your business. you work too hard to work this hard! collecting receipts? is it the 80s? does anybody have a mixtape i can borrow? you should be chasing people's pets... ...not chasing payments! quickbooks gives you a sweet set of business t

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us someone who as we said you spent a lot of time in the vatican. why do you think it took so long for the church to face up to what happened is these were crimes that were committed not just sins i mean child abuse sexual abuse is a crime no matter who commits it of course you know i saw the speech today live on the internet and when i saw all these bishops who are really the leaders of the church i realize also thinking of my time in in the vatican how slow this big institution is about to change and it's like an elephant you know who has to dance now and and what's what i felt today is that the pope really now is shaking the people and and pointing out that in the midst of everything has to have to be the victims and and they came from from all over the world and the situation is very different in different parts of the world and he stressed in the beginning of his speech and for me it was really impressive to see how serious he spoke so do you think it was a good thing that the pope said what he said about bringing people to justice. yes you kno

we is he acting to the vatican's decision. i'll share that in a moment. >>> first, a pleasant surprise to the weekend forecast. snow chanc we've heard earlier in the week seems to be dwindling. lauryn ricketts trackingsthe la changes. wet but farther soh? >> solutely. for today, david, because i think by tomorrow afternoon, we'll all be wet, and we c sld have somet in the mix, as well, but for the most part, we're just looking at rain chances as we head into this weekend. possibly some more snow and a mix coming our way d-week. what changed today? in case you missed the weather yesterday, i know amelia and doug were tweaking the forecast, we we watching the system to see where it'd go. whether staying to the south or go to the north. for now, farther south, north calina. if you travels take you to southern virginia, north carolina, you'll run irain, and tell be heavy. 40s right now, so we're talking about rain in our area with some spotty, wet snow. you can see that wet sno coming through portions of culpeper ounty, southern c

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 what he called its culture of silence and woul

cardinal theodore mccarrick from the priesthood the move came after vatican officials found him guilty of sexual abuse against both adults and minus a characters the highest ranking catholic cleric to receive the sanction in modern times in ounce when it was made just days before the pope hosts 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 and abused at least two minors between one nine hundred seventy 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 hard and caught the vatican you say the move is a good thing. is that there are search law is quite clear in this regard the problem in the past was that it wasn't applied the issue was covered up people look 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 inve

culture of accountability to stop sexual abuse by the clergy will report from the third day of the vatican's extraordinary conference on a deep seated problem. nicol for all it good to have you with us. nigerians go to the polls today to vote for a new parliament and for the next president the elections were postponed by a week with a delay causing tensions to flare in the country after four years of economic stagnation and failure to deal with the islam is terror group boko haram president mohammad who will hari is under pressure from challenger atiku abubakar. nigeria's president hari voting in his hometown of daraa in the northeast the country's electoral commission blamed logistical problems for the week long delay. that led to accusations that the two main parties tried to manipulate the vote heightening tensions between rival supporters these boiled over on friday when supporters of bihari and of his closest rival at abu bakar clashed leaving two people dead. analysts say the election will be tight alongside widespread corruption and a lackluster economy a bloody insurgency by the jiha

they're in the vatican now. the message is from their parents are in the vatican now. >> reporter: pope will give opening remarks tomorrow morning at the summit which runs through sunday. so far he's not said whether he'll meet with any survivors >>> coming up next more southwest airlines are cancelled think only specialty stores have what's new? olay has the hottest debut. new olay clay stick masks, hydrating facial mist, and brightening eye cream. only by olay. . >>> a search of southwest planes is being searched. the airline says it's a mat of safety. >> reporter: these photos obtained exclusively by cbs news, landing gear tires so worn they had to pull the 737 utof service wednesday. they've been grounded for maintenance issues for last thursday. they've declared an operation 8 emergency. they're blaming the mechanics union claiming they have a history of work disruptions is. union says management is scapegoating technicians and the operational emergency is simply an attempt to divert away from the airline's

a cultural problem that the holy see itself isn't immune to the vatican has reportedly long known about nuns being sexually abused by priests and done next to nothing to address the matter it was first publicly acknowledged as a structural issue by the vatican magazine women church world. basically the church has a great tradition and habit of not seeing women at things they don't exist they don't count then this is a mentality that is resistant to all changes with and there's another problem many of these women have been forced to have abortions with money from the church bishops and priests have paid but this is a very bad thing for a church that fights abortion and this is dramatic that. last year various media outlets in clerical women's organizations denounced the culture of silence and secrecy that prevented nuns from speaking out. and that's one of those out there that if an abused nun goes to her superior and says that she has suffered abuse she will be told to shut up with because if you don't this bishop will turn against us the noise. the power that these bishops and priests

i being persecuted i would like to see that the victims who are already now known to the vatican get some kind of a recruiting station and i would like to that more research is being done independent research all over the boat on these cases how are you doing now well on the one hand i'm happy these cases have come out and the pope has admitted that and there is much attention to these cases right now on the other hand i'm right doubtful as to what is going to happen but at least if picking about these cases and i hope this helps more victims realize what has happened to them and come forward course rising up thank you so very much for sharing your very deeply personal experiences with us we greatly appreciate it thank you. thank you. are going to turn out to the u.s. where president donald trump has given a wide ranging so he and leader kim jong un in three weeks is address was delayed by over a month because of the dispute over his controversial border wall. street. that the president of the united states. by using for his second annual address such a high temple of american politi

vatican officials found him ilty of soliciting in a confessional, and abuse of power. we spoke to parishioners. what's going on in the catholic church is a disgrace and i'm beyond upset and i feel so sad for all the people who have hurt andd decei over these years. >> reporter: he servedm fro 2001 to 2006. he booksat the firstlic church leader to be removed from the priesthood because of susual this decision got the blessing off pope francis hims bishops prepare to gather in rome next week. this man says he gurw up in the . >> i think it was about time. >> why do you say that? >> the church needs to right things, and i think that was one of the right things. >> an archdiocese statement says it hopes the vatican's decision serves to help the healing process for survivors of abuse as well as those who experienced disappointment or disillusionment because of what he's done. >> that bond no longer exists. >> reporter: church members held a rally demanding effective leadership in the archdiocese and better communication with parishioners.op >> i this will not just be an exa

but a vatican court now has stripped him of all connection to the church. ( robin ) that was joe beldonreporting. we have the names of the 45 priests suspected of abuse. you can find them on our website kron four dotcom ( robin ) new this morning... police in berkely need your help finding a missing man. 24-year-old kurt williams was last seen monday afternoon on bonita avenue. police say he suffers from mental health issues and does not have access to his medicine. he has also been prone to seizures in the past. police say he has gone missing before and has walked to his mother's home in sonoma. ( robin ) crews are making progress towards getting highway 37 reopened in novato. westbound highway 37 remains closed after water from last week's storm filled part of the roadway. there was a breach in the levee...and right now a rock wall with sandbags is keeping more water from filling the oversaturated field. yesterday, caltrans brought in more concrete barriers, plastic, and sandbags to keep water from flowing in. they used blade trucks to plow the water off the roadway and over the barri

bishops but the vatican basically told them well just to hold off for a moment why. because they think here in the vatican that it's not something that can be done by the u.s. bishops alone because the catholic church as you know is a universal church so it's no use of. changing the laws just for the americans you have to change. the universe of church have to change them for africa you have to change. for cultures where people have not yet this kind of awareness that the public in the u.s. have filled the scandals and the year two thousand to when the boston scandal first erupted so it is better to have a global change for the global church than to have one change in one local church like the u.s. . is hearing i feel editor in chief of the catholic news agency says thank you for joining us from rome. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. a fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka has claimed more than seventy lives dozens more have been injured while flames spread quickly through a crowded neighborhood in the oldest part o

we will have full coverage of the pope's address from the vatican just over an hour from now but for now here's some of the other stories making news around the world . north korean leader kim jong un has left for vietnam on his armor train the three thousand kilometer journey is expected to take two days kim will meet with u.s. president dollar trump in the noise on thursday. polls are opening in the west african state of senegal which is holding a presidential election incumbent macky sall is seeking a second term he's hoping his economic record will help him avoid a runoff for challengers who are vying to replace saul to pee on position figures were banned from running. vote counting is under way in one thousand after yesterday's election to choose a new president and parliament following have been postponed for a week due to look just tickle hitches the army says it killed six people and just described as a political hoodlums amid unrest in the south election results are expected in the next few days. a un report says twenty eighteen was the deadliest year in afghanistan's nearly

by the church to cover up sexual abuse in just a moment we'll speak with our correspondent at the vatican but first we hear from one survivor who is hopeful that the church can change its ways. well actually i've just been informed that we're going directly to our correspondent martin who is standing by for us at the vatican in rome and martin you know you have really seen firsthand some of these stories because you've been talking to the survivors of clerical of abuse how have they reacted to the pope francis's twenty one point plan to combat sexual abuse. well i mean obviously the victim voices such you know do you vocally i mean there are many many people in the victim's side that are talking in you know there are people that had been very critical of this twenty to one point essentially saying that this is pretty much more talk but there is a recoiling from what originally was going to be a syria tolerance approach of sexual abuse then there are other people including groups from chile lived was actually very significant figure among victims with whom we talked today who pointed out t

the pontiff condemns predator priests calling them tools of satan, but after the vatican's landmark four-day summit what was really accomplished? >> a deadly dose of winter with much of the country in the crosshairs from a tornado in the south to a white out in the midwest. >>> unanswered questions. a family seeking justice. a new investigation after nbc news asks questions about a man's death days after he was arrested for a dui. >> the meeting in vietnam after months of flattering talk about the north korean leader, president trump privately lowers expectations for their face. an nbc news exclusive inside mar-a-lago at inside's big party and the trump supporters paying hundreds to dance the night away and defying the odds at the age of 86. how one woman took off on a trap eaeze and landed in the guinness book of world records. >> this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. >>> good evening. after an unprecedented four-day summit pope francis today ended the gathering with some of his pointed words yet calling sexual abuse of children at the hands of clerics abominable crimes that must be eras

the vatican responded in a statement this morning.d on other occasions, we have the utmost respect for the australian judicial authorities. out of this respect, we await the outcome of the appeals process that cardinal pell maintains his innocence and has the right to defend himself until the last stage of appeal. it is something that may not make everybody happy considering that they just had four days of a summit here on sexual abuse and the pope saying he wants an all-out war against those who would abuse children. that's their position and has been the position of the pope since the beginning that he wants to wait until the final appeals process has been heard. there is really two considerations for the vatican. one is that cardinal pell is still on the leave of absence. his term expired two days ago. the vatican has not issued communication about a replacement for him. so he is still technically on a leave of absence from that post and the vatican could do something even before the appeals process is finished with that part of it

failed to show up reports from vatican city and. each of these people have stories to tell their own stories or other people's stories of years of suffering of the hands of catholic priests bishops and cardinals on the eve of an unprecedented meeting on sexual abuse of the vatican they brought their stories to tell pope francis. speaking to journalists earlier in the day survivors explained what they wanted but zero tolerance if you've abused a child you're not going to be a priest anymore and if you've covered up for that abuse or. you two are not going to be a priest anymore. starting from when he was seven like i just saw and is abused by three different men but it was sexual assault i don't think i didn't really need to go into graphic detail but i was sexually assaulted by all these characters and while still having recovered in the physical sense it didn't have any long lasting effect on the what these creatures did to me i still actually have a weekly therapy session because it messes your mind up. it's abuse like this that t

and this is actually the first strip to the area this is an area that was essentially out of the vatican sort of immediate purview because the population of got the legs is actually quite low but it has become actually hotspot a great political importance because much of the power is projected from there are big and because in the journal region got the legs have come christians in general have come under enormous pressure from different conflicts and different governments etc so this has become actually a very important place for a very important focal point for the vatican for at least now about ten years or so i mean he says that he wants a new chapter in fact in christian muslim relations in the region how does he. it's now about ten years or so i mean he says that he wants a new chapter in fact in christian muslim relations in the region how does he plan on achieving that but i think that to some degree he has been fostering this vatican specially through sir several of its internal institutions has been fostering closer relations with server several muslim organizations sort of aro

the vatican said the pope removed him for sexual abuse. he's the highest franking church official to be defrocked. we have a report from the vatican. >> he was one of the most powerful acatholics in america. 88-yr-old theodore is no longer a priest. the former cardinal and arch bishop of washington has been pope after hhe was guilty of sexually abusing children and adults. they are t type o crimes he himself repeatedly condemned. t >>re is a special terrible judgment on someone who would abuse the trust that a priest must have. >> jamess gri said he was just 11 when he started abusing him. >> a he forced himself on me. he was alws that left hand saying don'tow you know h powerful i am? >> mckeric previously denied one of t allegations and is unlikely to face criminal charges. abuse allegatiort s decades ago, but came to a head last summer when he was removed from the a ministr resigned from the college of cardinals. after that, he lived in friary in rural kansas. now he could lose some church-sponsored been fits. >> the message that the va

the catholic churchd roc by an explosive amountment from the vatican. >> a once beloved leader in the church here in our area has been priesthood a the day after a vatican tribunal defrocked the cardinal. we're getting former the once powerful bishop in washington had been an influential player for the church. vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting sex in the confessional and for sexual crimes against adults and minors. >> both abuse and its can no longer be tolated and a different treatment for bishops who have committed or covered up abuse in fact represents a form of clergyism that is no longer acceptable. >> mccarrick is the highest prile church figure to b relieved of priestly duties in modern times. meanwhile, reaction has b in pourin after the vatican's bombshell announcerint. >> that't. >> a lot of catholics in our area are getting ready to go to mass today wh the mccarrick scandal fresh on their mind. our derrick ward joins us live from st. matthews cathedral in northwest d.c. with more on the story. with retalking to any parishioners this morning andre what they sa

so many messages that have been coming out from the vatican blaming of people all citing reasons for this disaster i just want to mention several here earlier this week two cardinals from the u.s. and germany sent a letter to the heads of the bishops conference and they rejected the pope's statement that abuse of power is behind the sexual abuse crisis instead they pointed the finger to gangs and here is part of the letter that they wrote here we've got a segment of it they write the plague of the homosexual agenda has been spread within the church promoted by organized networks and protected by a climate of complicity and a conspiracy of silence now if you want to compare that with a letter that was written last year by gay dutch priests that was made public this week it was written to the pope now in that letter the priests right we have the distinct impression that the vatican and the congregation for the clergy and perhaps. even you yourself meaning the pope tend to suggest that those priests who are openly gay are the ones responsible for the sexual abuse of children and minors

bashir, bbc news, at th vatican.arlier matth price and father and senior analyst on "beyond 100 ds," we asked why church leaders needed to be called to rome to take this seriously. >> i think that the bishops in the united states and europe, they have heard the stories, people in pews have heard the stories. they are not going to hear much new athis meeting they have not been talking about the last 20 years. we are not the entirch. the problem is there are many bishops in asia, africa, latin america, who think this is only a western problem, american problem, english-speaking problem, and that we don't have that problem in our country, were very few. they don't realize that the reason they have heard so few stories is only a few victims have come forward. in their country, it is culturally almost impossible for a victim to come forward. it disgraces their family. erit is where we50 years ago. the pope wants them not to make the same mistake the american bishops made. jane: that was father thomas reese speaking tos fr

it's abuse like this that the vatican says it's determined to put a stop to that the four day meeting is vital in impressing on senior clarity who've come from around the world that it's their shared responsibility to do so but although cardinals and bishops will hear video testimony from victims of sexual abuse no survivors is being given the chance to speak with her in person now so they were putting great importance on their expected separate meeting at the party but it didn't go as planned first of all pope francis wasn't there probably made it very clear some of us that's not ok we're going to see victims see it as a sign of disrespect that the leader of the catholic church sent bishops instead this vatican summits on sexual abuse may be unprecedented in its size and its scope but survivors have still told us that they all skeptical that it's going to lead to any meaningful change and their experiences on wednesday have only reinforced that feeling for them the summit has got off to a bad start before it's even begun the return on al-jazeera the vatican. iran's foreign minister h

challenge joins us live now from vatican city rory so how significant is this summit which is being led by the pope and what's been said today. well i think as you can hear from what the pope just said he is aware that this is a deep crisis for the catholic church and what he has said about this event is that it is an attempt really to restore the credibility of the church around the world that's why he's brought all of these high up clergy from their different positions different corners of the globe here to the vatican so that he can essentially house them realize the extent of the crisis the suffering that has been gone through by so many people over the years and for these pledges to realize that it is their responsibility collectively to do something about it now we are not expecting a final documents or anything like that so come out of this four day meeting what will happen afterwards is that the talking that's been done will get fed into an organizing committee and is that organizing committee over the next weeks or so that will put together some sort of action plan and it's tha