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Pope Francis issues sweeping reform of church law, including sex abuse rules

Pope issues new Church laws making it a crime to groom children, vulnerable adults for sexual abuse

Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church s criminal code on Tuesday, making it a crime to groom children or vulnerable adults for sexual abuse.  Laws around sexual abuse were also extended to make possessing child pornography a crime in the most extensive revision since the current code was approved by Pope John Paul in 1983.  It comes after decades of sexual abuses scandals involving Catholic priests around the globe - a stain the Argentine pontiff has striven to tackle since becoming pope in 2013.  Pope Francis arrives to leads Holy Rosary prayer in Vatican gardens to end the month of May, at the Vatican, May 31

Vatican laws changed to toughen sexual abuse punishment

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