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Prelates to discuss response to sex abuse scandal (AP)

November 8th, 2010

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has summoned cardinals from around the world to a daylong summit in Rome next week on the clerical sex abuse scandal and other issues facing…

Iraq PM: WikiLeaks abuse leak designed to hurt him (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Reports of brutality and torture of fellow Iraqis at the hands of government forces threw the country’s political scene into turmoil Saturday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attacking…

Iraq war leaks: US didn’t probe abuse allegations (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

File - The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In a message posted to its Twitter page on Thursday Oct. 21, 2010, the organization said there was a 'major WikiLeaks press conference in Europe coming up.'  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - U.S. forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed their captives as they battled a violent insurgency, according to accounts…

Pope meets with abuse victims as thousands protest (AP)

September 18th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI  wipes his face as he conducts a mass in Westminster Cathedral in London, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he was ashamed of the 'unspeakable' sexual abuse of children by priests, telling the British faithful during Mass in Westminster Cathedral that he was deeply sorry and hoped the church's humiliation would help victims heal. Benedict also said he hoped the church would be able to use its contrition to purify itself from the 'sins' of its ministers and be able to renew its commitment to educating the young. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to five people who were molested by priests as children in his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church,…

Pope to UK: deeply sorry, ashamed of sex abuse (AP)

September 18th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, right, prays next to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams,  in the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey, London,  Friday Sept. 17, 2010.  Pope Benedict XVI held joint prayers with the leader of the world's Anglicans on Friday in a symbolic act of unity on day two of the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo / Lewis Whyld, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he was deeply ashamed of the “unspeakable” sexual abuse of children by priests, telling the British faithful during Mass in Westminster Cathedral that…

Pope admits church failures in sex abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI flanked by Britain's Queen Elizabeth is greeted by children as he leaves the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The Pontiff is on a four-day visit the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Claudio Onorati, Pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI waded into the hostile atmosphere Thursday of highly secular Britain, admitting the Catholic Church did not act decisively or quickly enough to remove priests who…

Pope on UK visit admits failures in abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, inspect an honor guard of Members of the Royal Company of Archers and members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland as the Pope arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI began a controversial visit to Britain on Thursday by acknowledging the Catholic Church had not acted decisively or quickly enough against priests who molested children.…

Pope visits UK, admits failures in abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, inspect an honor guard of Members of the Royal Company of Archers and members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland as the Pope arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)AP - Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who…

Pope acknowledges church failures in abuse scandal (AP)

September 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets the journalists aboard the airplane to Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who…

Belgian church seeks way out of abuse crisis (AP)

September 13th, 2010

AP - The Belgian Roman Catholic church is acknowledging widespread sexual abuse over years by its clergy and promising to help victims heal and punish the abusers.

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