Pope in Ireland decries abuse cover-up, meets with victims

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  • Author(s): By:NICOLE WINFIELD and MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated
  • Source:
    Associated Press News Service, The, August 25, 2018 International, 8pp
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    • Abstract:
      DUBLIN (AP) - Pope Francis faced a lukewarm reception and scattered protests Saturday on his trip to Ireland, with even his vow to rid the church of the "scourge" of sexual abuse and his outrage at those "repugnant crimes" dismissed as a disappointment by some of Ireland's wounded victims. But others who met with him in private left heartened that he would respond to their plight, including two of the thousands of children who were forcibly put up for adoption for the shame of having been born to unwed mothers...