Abuse survivors 'deeply insulted' by Pope's comments

Survivors of clerical abuse tonight rounded on Pope Benedict XVI for not acknowledging senior clergy covered up decades of sickening abuse.

Abuse survivors 'deeply insulted' by Pope's comments

Survivors of clerical abuse tonight rounded on Pope Benedict XVI for not acknowledging senior clergy covered up decades of sickening abuse.

At the end of an unprecedented two-day Vatican summit with Irish Bishops, the Pontiff branded the sexual abuse of children and young people a "heinous crime" and a "grave sin".

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