The pope admitted that priests and bishops sexually abused religious

Unexpectedly, Pope Francis admitted Tuesday that priests and bishops badually abused the nuns The Sumo Pontfice he made this incredible confession in the plane back to Italy since the United Arab Emirates at the request of a journalist.

"There were priests and also bishops who did that," he said. Bishop of Rome, who had never addressed this serious problem but considered it common in the Catholic Church According to the Holy Father, this phenomenon is found "everywhere" in the world, but it is more present in "certain new congregations and certain regions".

"We have been working on this issue for a long time, we have suspended several clergy who have been fired for this cause," said Jorge Bergoglio, without giving names or pbades.

"I do not know if the process (cannibal) is over, but we have also dissolved some religious congregations closely linked to this corruption," added Francisco, adding that the Church could not take refuge in the denial of this problem. .

"We have to do something more … We have the will to do it?" Stressed the Supreme Pontiff before the press accompanied him in the plane.

On the other hand, and regarding the crisis Venezuela is going through, the pope reveals that he has received a letter from President Nicols Maduro, but that he has not yet read it. "I have not read this letter yet (from Maduro) and we will see what can be done," detall.

Francisco also recalled that the Vatican had participated in an attempt to institute a dialogue between the government and the opposition in Venezuela under the auspices of the former Spanish Prime Minister, Jos Luis Rodrguez Zapatero, at the end of 2016.