The Vatican Summit On Protection of Minors Ends, Abuse Victims Disappointed

Pope Francis delivers his closing address to the Vatican Summit
for Protection of Children on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019

Photo courtesy: Giuseppe Lami via cruxnow.com/

The Vatican summit on the protection of minors, from February 21 to 24, ended with the promise of 'decisively confront' the abuse, but actual clergy sex abuse victims expressed their frustrations and were doubtful about the Church's future actions. 

Pope Francis, in his final address to the participants of the summit, vowed to confront abusers with "the wrath of God' felt by the faithful, end the cover-ups by their superiors and prioritize the victims of this "brazen, aggressive and destructive evil," report the AP. 

The Pope said the sexual abuse of children happens in the family, but it becomes even more scandalous when it occurs in the Catholic Church, "for it is utterly incompatible with her moral authority and ethical credibility." 

For more on the summit, please read the following:

• Pope vows action on sex abuse, but victims disappointed with plan (Feb. 24, 2019)
• Francis ends Vatican summit with promise Church will 'decisively confront' abuse (Feb. 24, 2019)
• Address of His Holiness Pope Francis at the End of the Eucharistic Celebration [Pope's closing remarks] (Feb. 24, 2019)
• Pope Francis: Church will focus on 8 points in 'all-out battle' against abuse (Feb. 24, 2019)
• Pope Francis' Concluding Address to Participants of Vatican Summit on Child Protection (Feb. 24, 2019)
• Pope Francis' record on coverup challenged at final press conference for Vatican Sex Abuse Summit (Feb. 24, 2019)
• Campaigners furious after pope's 'defensive' speech on child abuse (Feb. 24, 2019)
• Survivors of Church Abuse Want Zero Tolerance, The Pope Offers Context (Feb. 24, 2019)
• 'All optics, no substance': Survivors react to Vatican abuse summit (Feb. 25, 2019)
• Analysis: Pope's sex abuse summit: What it did and didn't do (Feb. 25, 2019)
• Vatican abuse summit follow-up decides to hold more follow-ups (Feb. 25, 2019)
• Pope blames Church's sex abuse crisis on 'clericalism' in closing remarks at Vatican summit (Feb. 26, 2019)
• Cardinal decries Vatican silence on homosexuality at abuse summit [Cardinal Walter Brandmuller of Germany] (Feb. 27, 2019)