BBC News - 'Paedophilia not criminal condition' says Durban cardinal

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier took part in the conclave to elect Pope Francis this week

BBC News - 'Paedophilia not criminal condition' says Durban cardinal

'Paedophilia not criminal condition' says Durban cardinal

The Catholic Archbishop of Durban, Wilfrid Fox Napier, has described paedophilia as a psychological "illness, not a criminal condition".

The South African cardinal told the BBC that people who were themselves abused as children and then abused others needed to be examined by doctors.

He was one of 115 cardinals who took part in the conclave at the Vatican to elect Pope Francis earlier this week.

The Church has recently been dogged by scandals over clerical sex abuse.



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Pedophiles aren't sick. Sick people seek help.

Love of evil isn't a health issue. It's an existential threat to the human race.