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Pope meets with victims of clergy abuse in Australia
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Support groups for victims of church abuse in Australia, whose numbers are not known but who activists say are in the thousands, had demanded the pope make a full and open apology for clergy abuse and do more to prevent future abuse. (article 8)
The pontiff is in Australia to lead hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in the church's World Youth Day, a celebration meant to inspire a new generation of Catholics. (article 8)
The Mass, delivered at a horse racetrack filled with pilgrims who had camped out overnight, comes a day after the pope made a forceful apology for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy. (article 2)
The pontiff held prayers and spoke with four representatives of abuse victims - two men and two women - in the last hours of his nine-day visit to Australia for the church's global youth festival. (article 5)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Pope Benedict XVI ended his pilgrimage here today after meeting with two men and two women who were sexually abused as children by priests. (article 6)
The abuse scandal was a sour undertone to the trip for World Youth Day, which is supposed to be a celebration of faith that inspires a new generation. (article 6)
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Story keywords
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Pope, Victims, Benedict, AUSTRALIA, church |
Source articles
- Pope Warns Youth Against Self-Absorption (nytimes.com, 07/21/2008, 401 words)
- Pope urges youths to build 'a new age' - (baltimoresun.com, 07/22/2008, 383 words)
- Pope meets clergy sex abuse victims in Australia (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/21/2008, 552 words)
- Pope meets with victims of clergy abuse in Australia (boston.com, 07/21/2008, 328 words)
- In Australia, pope meets with victims of abuse (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/21/2008, 170 words)
- Pope concludes Australia visit (L.A. Times, 07/21/2008, 251 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 07/20/2008, 662 words)
- Pope apologizes for clergy abuse - (baltimoresun.com, 07/22/2008, 341 words)
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