When he was chosen last year.

Advocates for abuse survivors have long complained about the Vaticans secrecy in handling such abuse cases.or for some other grave reason that made them unfit for office.

the pontiff publicly explained why they were removed.Explaining the latest removals as Chiles church is called to account for decades of sexual abuse and cover-ups.announced laicizations of individual priests and only issued a single-line statement if a bishop had resigned.

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean prelates accused of sexually abusing minors.in a sign that he now understands that some abusers cannot remain in the priesthood for the good of the church.

The Vatican said both meetings discussed the painful scourge of abuse of minors.

Before Francis papacy it was practice to reveal if resignations were retirements due to ageBritains regulator said its decision to authorize the gene therapy for sickle cell disease was based on a study done on 29 patients.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals said it had not yet established a price for the treatment in Britain and was working with health authorities to secure reimbursement and access for eligible patients as quickly as possible.the genetic mutation can cause severe anemia.

The use of the word cure in relation to sickle cell disease or thalassemia has.Middle Eastern and Indian descent.