Abuse victims call on pontiff to make amends

SURVIVORS of abuse by Catholic priests have renewed calls for the Pope to hand over all information on the scandal, ahead of his visit to Britain today.

They demanded that Pope Benedict XVI “make amends” for their suffering by going further thanoffering an apology.

Peter Saunders, survivor and chief executive of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, said: “We need the Pope to say, ‘I will hand over all the information I have about abusing priests wherever they are in the world. I will hand it over to the authorities of the countries where these people are being protected’.”