Posted AT 4:06 AM EDT on 16/04/08
Pope 'deeply ashamed' of church sex scandal
Pope Benedict XVI deftly confronted the U.S. Roman Catholic sex scandal and its 5,000 victims before his plane arrived in the United States yesterday, using words more powerful than any his predecessor ever uttered to condemn priestly child abuse.
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