Pope defends Church record on tackling child abuse

The Pope has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia.

In an interview with an Italian daily published this morning Pope Francis says statistics show the great majority of abuses are carried out in family or neighbourhood environments.

And he praised his predecessor Benedict the 16th for being the first pope to apologise to abuse victims.

Paddy Agnew is Rome Correspondent for the Irish Times .. He's been looking at Pope Francis remarks;