Pope may meet abuse victims

POPE Benedict XVI could meet with 10 victims of paedophile priests during his state visit to Britain, a press officer for the British bishops’ conference said.

The Pope “could meet with 10 people” who were victims of abuse, “likely in London”, because of his tight schedule, said Jack Valero, spokesman of the Catholic Church in England and Wales during a brief- ing to media ahead of the September 16-19 visit.

The 10 victims, all of them British, would remain anonymous, he said.