Trento, Italy - Religion News Service reported that Rev. Gino Flaim, a parish priest in Trento, Italy, stated on the LA7 television channel: “Unfortunately, there are children that look for affection, because they don’t have it at home. And perhaps if they find a priest, he could also give in.” Flaim also said that pedophilia is a sin, but one that has “become accepted.”

The Archdiocese of Trento said in a press release that it “completely disassociates” itself from Flaim’s remarks. The priest has been suspended from duty in his parish and may not preach.

Vatican City - Jozef Wesolowski, a Polish former archbishop slated to face charges of child sexual abuse in a Vatican tribunal, died of a heart ailment in the Vatican City residence where he was on house arrest. Wesolowski, who was accused of abusing several minors while serving as nuncio to the Dominican Republic, was laicized last June, according to the National Catholic Reporter.

Minnesota - Curtis Wehmeyer, a former priest currently serving a five-year sentence for abuse in Minnesota, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault in Wisconsin and has been sentenced to an additional three years in prison. Wehmeyer’s misconduct was at the center of a lawsuit for “failing to protect children” filed by the Ramsey County attorney’s office against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Minneapolis StarTribune reported.

Missouri - David Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), settled out of court with the Diocese of Jefferson, Missouri, for abuse committed by Fr. John Whiteley in the 1970s, reported the Jefferson (Missouri) News Tribune. Clohessy first lodged the complaint in 1991, but the state supreme court ruled the statute of limitations had passed. The agreement will give Clohessy $40,000, rather than the $200,000 requested, and comes with the understanding that he will not bring any further suits against the diocese or its personnel, according to the National Catholic Reporter.

New Jersey - Speaking to NJ Advance Media, Rev. Manuel Gallo Espinoza admitted that he made the “mistake” of having sexual contact with a teenager in 2003 but claimed that the alleged rape wasn’t “anything [the teenager] didn’t want.” Gallo Espinoza was not questioned about the incident because he fled to his native Ecuador that year, but now he is being investigated by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, according to NJ.com.