Pope Francis made his first public plea for forgiveness Friday for the "evil" committed by priests who molested children.
While he may have used some of his strongest language yet on the Roman Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis it's not enough for victim Joelle Casteix.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) JOELLE CASTEIX, WESTERN DIRECTOR FOR "SNAP," THE SURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS, SAYING:
"This is the status quo. Pope Francis is the third pope to apologize for the sexual abuse of minors. He's doing nothing but continues in the patterns of his predecessors. He is continuing by forming committees, by making apologies, by asking for forgiveness, and he's also following in the path of his predecessors by not doing anything, by not punishing anybody and by not ensuring that what happened to me and other kids isn't still going on."
She says it is the children who are often forgotten in the debate.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) JOELLE CASTEIX, WESTERN DIRECTOR FOR
