Pope on sex abuse: 'zero tolerance' means just that

Pope Francis on Monday defended the Catholic Church's much-vaunted "zero tolerance" approach to abuse, while admitting the ancient institution had so far lacked the courage to go all out on stopping paedophile priests. "In this area, let us adhere, clearly and faithfully, to 'zero tolerance'," he said. A string of historic paedophilia cases in North America and Europe has unleashed widespread criticism of the Catholic hierarchy, including allegations that in some cases bishops were aware of sexu