Pope Francis issues law forcing clergy to report sexual abuse

Pope Francis has decreed that all suspected cases of sex abuse and cover-ups by Catholic clergy must be reported to Church authorities, in what the Vatican portrayed as a muscular response to the scandals that have shattered faith in the Catholic Church around the world. But there is no obligation under the new rules to report sex abuse cases to the police and civil authorities, an omission that bitterly disappointed campaign groups, who argue that Catholic priests and bishops should not be cons