Vatican sex abuse scandal: Is Pope Francis hardline stance proving fruitless

Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24, 7 Five years after becoming head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is facing his most serious crisis so far. Despite the pontiff s efforts to toughen Vatican laws against child sex abuse and his repeated apologies, the scandal continues to grow. This summer, a number of reports in the US and Germany revealed thousands of cases of sexual abuse of minors committed by priests for decades while the local ecclesiastical authorities turned a blind eye. So what is the Vatican s reaction to the sex abuse scandal What are the concrete results of Pope Francis zero tolerance policy established on his arrival at the Vatican in 2013 Our Rome correspondents report. A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett and Gaëlle Essoo.