this morning the pope is finally breaking his silence on the latest sex abuse scandal in the catholic church. he has written a letter to the victims. let me read you part of it. the victim s outcry was more powerful than all of the measures meant to silence it or sought even to resolve it by decisions that increased its gravity by falling into kplisty. the lord heard that cry and showed us on which side he stands. this follows that stunning report from the pennsylvania grand jury detailing allegations of widespread abuse by more than 300 priests against more than 1,000 children over seven decades. the report also suggests how church officials actively work to hide the abuse and silence the victims and alleges that this cover-up went all the way up to the vatican. there you see the pennsylvania attorney general who detailed all of this last week. and now just now we re hearing from the pope in detail. let s go to barb who joins me from rome. a lot of people were saying, why
will the pope take another step forward today in addressing this scandal? do we know? barbie, can you hear me? all right. we will get back to her and fix that audio problem. we sure will. we want to go to pittsburgh and pablo sandoval is there. this report coming out of pennsylvania. i know you re getting reaction from the catholic bishop to this latest sex abuse scandal. what is he saying? reporter: i tell you what, people here in pittsburgh are certainly talking about this report even days after it was issued. after all, about 99 of those ruffle 300 priests were from this diocese mentioned in that grand jury report. yesterday we saw that from the clergy to the congregation they are making this a part of the conversation. the priest on the mass we attended to yesterday said they should focus on their faith and
this horrific sex abuse scandal in pennsylvania, he knows that the world will be listening, george. cnn contributor barbie following this story live in rome. thank you. now, as the world waits to hear what the pope may or may not say in his address, one of the victims from the pennsylvania abuse scandal has a message for him. he spoke to my colleague anna cabrera earlier. listen. the pope needs to step up and take control of his church because it s fairly obvious that the church is run by the cardinal of colleges had or the college of cardinals, i m sorry, and the bishops. he doesn t he needs to step up and take control and tell these bishops to stop lobbying, stop moving these predators around. if you do we will turn you over to law enforcement and you re gone. they don t get it. they re not understanding the swear t severe weather of this problem. and this abuse was decades ago. it was.
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say if that is enough? good question. polo sandoval, thank you. let s go back to roam and cnn contributor barbie dubow. what are we expecting from the pope today taking another step forward in addressing this scandal? well, the pope just finished his sunday message and he did not mention the victims in pennsylvania or the sex abuse scandal and a disappointment as people were hoping he would use this opportunity to offer some sort of prayer. the statement the vatican gave on thursday is going to have to stand. a statement in which they used words like criminal and accountability and some of the things that victims groups want to hear. now, of course, they will wait for some action. is he going to demand any resignations of those explicit bishops or cardinals in the united states? is he going to do anything and make those words count and turn them into action? that is next for them.