Pope Benedict XVI has promised the Catholic Church will take
action to confront the clerical sex abuse scandal, making his
first public comments on the crisis days after meeting with
victims.
None of the five historic sex abuse allegations against
members of the Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand being
investigated by former police commissioner John Jamieson are
from the Otago area.
A 46-year-old man has blamed a brain injury from his days
tree-felling for his "failure to recognise proper boundaries"
with years of sex offending against two girls.
