Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Washington Tuesday for his first visit to the United States as Pope. On his flight to the US, he vowed to reporters that pedophiles will be kicked out of the priesthood.

Pope Benedict XVI: “We are deeply ashamed, and we will do all that’s possible so that this cannot happen in future. I think we have to act on three levels. The first is level of justice — a political level. We have now also norms to react in a just way. I would not speak in this moment about homosexuality, but pedophilia is another thing, and we will absolutely exclude pedophiles from the sacred ministry.”