The New York Times
Sat, March 20, 2010 -- 7:16 AM ET
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Pope Offers Apology for Sex Abuse Scandal
Confronting a sex abuse scandal spreading across Europe, Pope
Benedict XVI on Saturday apologized directly and personally
to victims and their families in Ireland, expressing "shame
and remorse" and saying "your trust had been betrayed and
your dignity has been violated."
His message, in a long-awaited, eight-page pastoral letter to
Irish Catholics, seemed couched in strong and passionate
language. But it did not refer directly to immediate
disciplinary action beyond sending a special apostolic
delegation to investigate unspecified dioceses and religious
congregations in Ireland. Moreover, it was, as the Vatican
said it would be, focused particularly on the situation in
Ireland, even as the crisis has widened elsewhere.
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