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Pope: Belgian sex abuse raids deplorable (AP)

June 27th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful during the Angelus prayer from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, June 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The pope on Sunday called the raids carried out by Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse “deplorable” and asserted the right of the Catholic Church to investigate abuse…

Pope begs forgiveness, promises action on abuse (AP)

June 11th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful at the end of a meeting in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to celebrate the end of the Church's year of the priest, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Thousands of priest from around the world gathered in St. Peter's square in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI amid the clerical abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI has begged forgiveness from clerical abuse victims and promised to “do everything possible” to ensure priests don’t rape and molest children ever again.


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Sex abuse crisis gives new momentum to dissidents (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Representatives of the Women's Ordination Conference stage a protest in front of St.Peter's Basilica, in Rome, with holding poster at front, from left, Therese Koturbash from Dauphin, Matitoba, Canada, Mary Ann Schoettly from Newton, N.J, US, and Erin Saiz Hanna, Washington, D.C. US, as they protest on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Groups that have long demanded that women be ordained Roman Catholic priests took advantage of the Vatican's crisis over clerical sex abuse to press their cause demanding the Vatican open discussions on letting women join the priesthood. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The clerical sex abuse crisis is energizing Roman Catholic dissidents who want to open up the priesthood to women and ditch celibacy requirements.


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Bishop: 100 cases in 10 yrs for Italy priest abuse (AP)

May 25th, 2010

AP - Italy’s bishops’ conference provided the first ever statistics of clerical sex abuse in the country Tuesday, saying there had been about 100 cases over the past 10 years…

Brazil orders Polish priest arrested in abuse case (AP)

May 21st, 2010

AP - A judge in Brazil has ordered the arrest of a Polish priest suspected of sexually abusing a teenager in a Rio de Janeiro suburb, authorities said Friday.

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AP: Vatican details US sex abuse defense (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 16, 2010. An estimated 150,000 people filled St. Peter's Square on Sunday in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican said. Benedict said he was comforted by such a 'beautiful and spontaneous show of faith and solidarity' and again denounced what he called the 'sin' that has infected the church and needs to be purified. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children, saying bishops…

AP Exclusive: Vatican details US sex abuse defense (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 16, 2010. An estimated 150,000 people filled St. Peter's Square on Sunday in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican said. Benedict said he was comforted by such a 'beautiful and spontaneous show of faith and solidarity' and again denounced what he called the 'sin' that has infected the church and needs to be purified. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed argument yet for why it is not liable for bishops who allowed priests to molest children in the U.S.,…

Thousands flock to Vatican to back pope over abuse (AP)

May 16th, 2010

In this photo released by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI blesses faithful from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 16, 2010. An estimated 150,000 people filled St. Peter's Square on Sunday in a major show of support for Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican said. Benedict said he was comforted by such a 'beautiful and spontaneous show of faith and solidarity' and again denounced what he called the 'sin' that has infected the church and needs to be purified. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Tens of thousands of people filled St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in a massive show of solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI over the clerical sex abuse scandal.


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Vatican: Pope may apologize for abuse by priests (AP)

April 28th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he is driven through the crowd during his weekly general audience, in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI may issue a mea culpa for clerical sex abuse at a June meeting of the world’s priests at the Vatican.


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Noriega extradition to France angers abuse victims (AP)

April 27th, 2010

** ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XTC103** A police car carrying former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, hidden by a white sheet, leaves the Paris courthouse, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. A French judge ordered former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega jailed Tuesday pending a trial for money laundering, a decision made only hours after Noriega was extradited from the United States following two decades in a Miami prison. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Relatives of people tortured and killed under former dictator Manuel Noriega are devastated at the prospect that he may serve out his days in a French prison instead…

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