Abuse by priests in Italy can no longer be tolerated by the Vatican
Pope Francis is being urged to crack down harder than in the past
The accusations that led to the arrest of Father Andrea Melis on August 2nd were that he befriended a 12-year-old altar boy and abused him sexually for more than three years. Father Melis, headmaster of a nursery and primary school, was alleged to have given the boy gifts and more than €5,000 ($5,530). When police searched the 60-year-old priest’s home in Genoa, they reportedly found sex toys and pharmaceutical stimulants.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “No more blind eyes”
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