Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch faced public outcry and apologized this week after making comments about the Catholic Church’s child sexual abuse scandal during a radio interview.

Koch’s comments came during a Sept. 22 appearance on WBZ News Radio’s “ Nightside with Dan Rea .” Koch was brought on to discuss a lawsuit the city is facing over a plan to erect statues of St. Michael and St. Florian in front of a new public safety building.

As the conversation turned to the clergy sex abuse scandal, Rea criticized the response from the Catholic Church’s leadership.

“That was mostly homosexual issues, not pedophilia,” Koch replied.

Rea responded by saying that a lot of children were impacted. Koch agreed, but then said that pedophilia related to atraction to “a younger age” than a teenager.

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