In Ireland, Pope Francis confronts nation shattered by Catholic church's abuse crisis

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Source: The Washington Post



By Chico Harlan, Bureau chief
Amanda Ferguson

August 25 at 8:31 AM

DUBLIN — Pope Francis on Saturday said that the “failure of ecclesiastical authorities” to address sexual abuse has “rightly given rise to outrage,” his first acknowledgment during his trip to Ireland of the traumas that have radically diminished the Roman Catholic clergy’s once-towering authority.

In an address at Dublin Castle, Francis described the “repellent crimes” and the failure to deal with them as “a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community.” But he did not discuss concrete changes in laws or transparency, nor did he speak about the Vatican’s complicit role in the abuse cases.

Francis arrived earlier Saturday in Dublin for a two-day visit. The pope’s Alitalia plane landed at Dublin International Airport shortly before 10:30 a.m., marking the first visit by a pontiff to Ireland in 39 years. He accepted a bouquet of posies after he descended the stairs from the plane.

“With gratitude for the warm welcome I have received,” Francis wrote in a guest book at the Irish presidential residence.

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1. A prior article said that 70,000 people were expected to attend the conference.

Why would anyone want to attend this?

Hundreds of thousands of dollars of parishoner's money was paid to cover up the crimes of these criminals. Why would anyone pay a dime more into the collection baskets?