Sexual abuse victims call for Vatican to crack down on Chilean cardinals

Three victims of a Chilean paedophile priest on Wednesday demanded the Catholic Church force tougher sanctions on complicit cardinals after meeting Pope Francis. The calls by Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo come a day after Australian authorities ordered the trial of the Vatican's finance chief over alleged abuse of boys dating back four decades. Guests of Pope Francis since Friday, the trio blasted "criminal" Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, a key advisor to the pontiff who is accused of ignoring and helping to cover up sexual abuse carried out by paedophile priest Fernando Karadima in Chile in the 1980s and 1990s.

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