Abuse victims ask Vatican for meeting with Pope

Victims of abuse by a former priest submitted a letter to the Vatican today asking for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and urging him to apologise to all victims of clergy abuse.

The Rev. Thomas Doyle, a Dominican priest, lawyer and longtime advocate for sex abuse victims, entered one of the Vatican’s gates to deliver the letter, which also asks the Pope to dismiss any official involved in covering up the scandal and to instruct bishops to co-operate in the investigation of suspected cases.