Vatican statement 'a cynical PR exercise': O'Gorman

Victim of clerical sex abuse Colm O'Gorman has said the meeting between Ireland's Bishops and the Pope in Rome earlier this week was "a cynical PR exercise".

Vatican statement 'a cynical PR exercise': O'Gorman

Victim of clerical sex abuse Colm O'Gorman has said the meeting between Ireland's Bishops and the Pope in Rome earlier this week was "a cynical PR exercise".

Following the two-day summit in Rome on Monday and Tuesday of this week, the Vatican released a statement condemning child abuse as a "heinous crime", but the Pope did not apologise, nor take any responsibility for what happened.

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