ANTI-POPE KEEPS SINKING…
"'In olden times, these things were covered up"
DARK TO LIGHT.
"…But he insisted the Church should not be judged by modern standards because attitudes towards abuse, which he said happens not just in the Church but in society generally, have changed dramatically over the years.'In olden times, these things were covered up, they were even COVERED UP in homes, when an uncle raped a niece, when a father raped his children,' he said.
'It was covered up because it was an enormous shame. That was the mentality in the last century.
He cited the example of the death penalty, which the Vatican applied until the late 19th century: 'Then the moral conscience grows,' he said…."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-latest-pope-acknowledges-scandals-driving-people-away/2018/09/25/c79b5316-c0a6-11e8-9f4f-a1b7af255aa5_story.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6209137/Pope-says-Catholic-Church-not-judged-modern-standards.html