http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/17/pope.thu/index.html
WA****NGTON (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday again acknowledged the
pain the Catholic Church's ***ual abuse scandal has caused and reached out
personally to some of the victims.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives at The Catholic University of America in
Wa****ngton on Thursday.
The pope, along with Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, met with a group of
people abused by clergy, said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a papal
spokesman.
"They prayed with the Holy Father, who afterwards listened to their
personal
accounts and offered them words of encouragement and hope," Lombardi said.
The pope spent a few minutes privately with each of the five or six
victims,
some of whom were in tears, Lombardi told The Associated Press.
"This was a big deal; I think that it has surprised everybody," Vatican
journalist Delia Gallagher said.
"For the victims, there has been a feeling that there has been a certain
silence coming from the Vatican," she said.
"From the beginning, Pope Benedict decided he was going to address that.
This personal contact for him was something pretty im****tant."
The meeting was believed to be the first between a pope and the victims of
clergy ***ual abuse, the AP re****ted.
The latest stop on the Wa****ngton ****tion of the pope's U.S. tour was an
interreligious gathering at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center.
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By Andrew D. Todd
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