Pope laments abuse scandal in Mass with priests
Daniel Burke/Religion News Service
April 19, 2008
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a top Vatican official traveling with Benedict hinted to reporters that the church was considering revising how it handles accusations of sexual abuse by extending its statute of limitations on when victims may come forward. Clergy said they welcomed the pope's repeated attention to the scandal's scars, even if they had not anticipated that the issue would be such a prominent theme of the trip.
"I was happy to hear his solidarity with all of the good priests and religious, the vast majority of whom had nothing to do with the crisis," said the Rev. James Martin, the associate editor of America magazine, a Jesuit weekly. Benedict was greeted at the doors of the massive Gothic cathedral by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as trumpets sounded and some 3,000 Catholic clergy and nuns erupted in applause.
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