VATICAN CITY, April 5 (UPI) -- Pope Francis said Friday he plans to follow former Pope Benedict XVI's stances on child sex abuse cases in the Catholic Church, the Vatican press office said.
Francis' comments came during a meeting with Monsignor Gerhard Ludwig Muller, who is in charge of the pedophilia issues in his position as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.