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Pope asks for forgiveness over abuse scandals 6/11/2010 - 10:08:37 AM ![]() The Pope begged forgiveness from clerical abuse victims today and promised to “do everything possible” to ensure priests never molest children ever again. He made the pledge during a Mass in St. Peter’s Square marking the end of the Vatican’s Year of the Priest, a celebration of the priesthood that has been marred by revelations of hundreds of new cases of clerical abuse, cover-up and Vatican inaction to root out paedophiles. In his homily, the Pope lamented that during what should have been a year of joy for the priesthood the “sins of priests came to light – particularly the abuse of the little ones”. He said the scandal was a call for purification of the Church. |
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