INTERVIEW. Bishop Bonny wasn't afraid: “Did I get an angry phone call from the pope yet? No. But that will certainly come again.”

The Belgian church is under attack. Victims of sexual abuse share their stories en masse, new reports are pouring in and the cry for a commission of inquiry is loud. However, Antwerp bishop Johan Bonny (67) swears that times have changed. “The Church has become safer. We screen clergy, monitor them better and provide guidance.”