Pope Francis delivers a speech during an audience with pilgrims from the Rho diocese at the Paul 6th Audience Hall in the Vatican on Saturday, March 25, 2023. AP PHOTO
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up cases of sex abuse, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults can also be victims of abuse when they are unable to consent.