Pope Condemns 'Atrocities' of US Clerical Child Abuse
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Boys carry tyres past a drive-thru confession box, set up beside Phoenix Park, ahead of the visit of Pope Francis to Dublin, Ireland, August 20, 2018. | Photo: Reuters
The report is thought to be the most comprehensive to date into abuse in the US church since The Boston Globe first exposed pedophile priests in Massachusetts in 2002.
Pope Francis condemned Monday the "atrocities" revealed by a far-reaching U.S. report into clerical child sex abuse in the state of Pennsylvania issued last week.
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"In recent days, a report was made public which detailed the experiences of at least a thousand survivors... the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests," the pope sai...