Pope Francis has been quoted as saying one in 50 people in the Catholic Church is involved in paedophilia.

In an interview with an Italian newspaper, he's apparently condemned child sex abuse as a "leprosy".

But the Vatican says the quotes are not the pontiff's exact words. Michael Kelly is editor of the Irish Catholic Newspaper. 

He says the figure of one in 50 - would match the odds of paedophilia in the general population, and he says the Pope could be more media-savvy;