Pope in Ireland vows to end cover-up of clergy sex abuse

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  • Author(s): By:NICOLE WINFIELD and MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated
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    Associated Press News Service, The, August 25, 2018 International, 7pp
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    • Abstract:
      DUBLIN (AP) - Pope Francis declared Saturday as he arrived in Ireland that he shares the outrage of rank-and-file Catholics over the cover-up of the "repugnant crimes" of priests who raped and molested children, and vowed that he was committed to ending the "scourge." Seeking to respond to a global outcry over sex abuse by priests, Francis cited measures taken by his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, to respond to the crisis...