The Pope appeals to heresy of the historical relativity of morals to defend the Church

The Church has taught the same sexual morality for going on two thousand years.

The moral law, it has taught, is part of the eternal law, itself part of the eternal divine law.

Youth today are scandalized

"In old times these things were covered up," the Pope told journalists on Tuesday. 

Old times such as, uh, yesterday, maybe.

"They were covered up also in the homes when the uncle raped the little niece, or the father raped his children. They were covered up because the shame was very big."

"It is how people thought in the last century," Francis continued. 

Now they are shameless? Or less ashamed?

"There is a principle that helps me a lot to interpret history. An historic event must be interpreted with the hermeneutics of that time, not with the hermeneutics of today."

If you say it in Greek this exculpatory bullshit is not so obvious a betrayal of Church teaching.

Take Pennsylvania, for example, the Pope said.

"Look at the report and you will see that when the church began to become aware of this, then we gave it our all to stop it."

The Pope also said that he and the church's watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, have removed guilty priests.

"And in recent times I have received many, many guilty verdicts from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and ... I have said go ahead, go ahead, but never ever did I sign a pardon request after a guilty verdict. One doesn't negotiate on this, there is no negotiation."

And do they now routinely turn such priests over to "the secular arm"?

Not that I am aware, and he did not say so.

So is it OK if the kiddie rapist is fired from IBM or Ford Motor Company, but the employer hushes it up and does not report the crime and turn over the evidence to the authorities?

Nope.