VOA慢速英语:信件引发对教皇掩盖性侵事件的质疑

priest - n. a person who has the authority to lead or perform ceremonies in some religions and especially in some Christian religions

zero tolerance - n. a policy of giving the most severe punishment possible to every person who commits a crime or breaks a rule

assault - v. to violently attack (someone or something)

slander - n. the act of making a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone

assure - v. to make (something) certain

interview - n. a meeting at which people talk to each other in order to ask questions and get information:

penance - n. something that you do or are given to do in order to show that you are sad or sorry about doing something wrong

commit - v. to do (something that is illegal or harmful)

testimony - n. something that someone says especially in a court of law while formally promising to tell the truth

credible - adj. able to be believed : reasonable to trust or believe