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Pope Benedict to send open letter to Irish people on church sex abuse

Benedict's move comes as new wave of scandals unfolds in Europe

By
PATRICK COOPER,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 9:35 AM
Updated Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:03 AM

 

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The Vatican has confirmed that the Pope will be sending an open letter to the people of Ireland next week.

The news comes as a wave of new church abuse scandals has begun unraveling in Holland, Austria and Germany.

The new scandals have rocked the Church again, just weeks after it attempted to ease Irish fears about sex abuse there.

The German case is particularly worrying for the Vatican as Pope Benedict was Archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982, and the cases under investigation run from 1964 to 1994.

In addition, Benedict spent the following two decades running the Vatican agency charged with investigations of Church abuse.

Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi says that Benedict has no case to answer.

And he says that Benedict made clear his commitment to rooting out Church sex abuse with his decision to call the Irish bishops to Rome.
 

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Posted by MarySmith77 on Mar 11, 2010, 01:45 PM EST
My people raped thousands of your children. I know what I'll do. I'll send you a letter! Oh, and don't forget to be honored that I bothered.
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Posted by Irishlassred on Mar 10, 2010, 09:16 PM EST
A snake will never change nor the stripes of a zebra. He has been guilty - as sin - for this for years and he deserves the damnation he'll now get for allowing this abuse to be done to children.
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Posted by kickstar on Mar 10, 2010, 03:20 PM EST
Who wants to hear from This Filthy organization who's sins reach to the High Heavens, This Devil led church with its Child abusing Clergy, Of course this is nothing new it has always been a Murderous Heinous Cult of Paganism, That's the best I can say about it. So who really wants to hear from this Black eyed Son of Perdition.??
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Posted by olovely on Mar 10, 2010, 12:25 PM EST
I'm sure he'll have the time to write a letter and its just been exposed his staff member Angelo Balducci, the so called “Gentleman of His Holiness” Pope Benedict, and a married father at that, was just caught running a male prostitution business. Balducci reportedly ordered deliveries of prostitutes, including “two black Cuban men”, a former male model from Naples, countless curates and a rugby player from Rome. Ireland may have to wait a few weeks.
 


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