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Vatican Says Leaked Sex Abuse Policy Letter Is No Smoking Gun

The Vatican said today that a newly leaked 1997 letter written to Irish bishops warning them about reporting sex abuse to police was misinterpreted as evidence of the church trying to enforce cover-ups. The church denied the letter was a so-called "smoking gun," as described by some clerical sex abuse activists. But...

Pope Meets With Irish Bishops on Abuse Scandal

(Feb. 15) -- As the increasingly vocal survivors of Ireland's Catholic sexual abuse scandal wait for answers and apologies, Pope Benedict XVI began an unprecedented two-day summit with Ireland's bishops at the Vatican today. The Pope's direct involvement marks a milestone in a crisis that has deeply marred the Catholic...

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09/03/11 Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX In a rebuke to Ireland, the Vatican said Saturday that it had never discouraged Irish bishops from reporting sexual abuse to the police and dismissed claims that it had undermined efforts to investigate such abuse as "unfounded."
01/22/11 Vatican: 1997 Irish abuse letter 'misunderstood' Source: TMCnet In a new round of damage control, the Vatican insisted Wednesday that a 1997 letter warning Irish bishops against reporting priests suspected of sex abuse to police had been "deeply misunderstood."
01/20/11 Vatican defends letter sent to Irish bishops Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ The Vatican launched a new round of damage control Wednesday over priestly sex abuse, insisting that a 1997 letter warning Irish bishops against reporting abuse to police had been "deeply misunderstood."

Background on irish bishops

The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference (Gaelic, Comhdháil Easpag Caitliceach Éireann) is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland.

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