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Pope calls all Irish bishops to meeting about child abuse
Vatican conference to discuss response to clerical sexual abuse in Ireland
Ireland's bishops have all been summoned to the Vatican for discussions on the clerical child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Irish Catholic church.
Senior Catholic sources said today the pope had summoned them to a meeting in Rome on 15 and 16 February.
Senior Catholic church sources confirmed a story in the Irish Catholic newspaper about a meeting to debate the Ryan and Murphy reports into widespread clerical child abuse across the republic.
Irish bishops said they received the Vatican's invitations yesterday.
A prelate, who wished to remain anonymous, said Pope Benedict would speak to the bishops on the opening day of the meeting and they would be able to tell him what they thought about the scandal.They would also meet senior Vatican officials responsible for areas such as doctrine.
At least one bishop expects consultations about the pope's pastoral letter to Ireland's Catholics, in which he promised a response to the Murphy report.
The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference has announced that it will convene an extraordinary general meeting on Friday in Maynooth, the seat of training for Catholic priests in Ireland, to discuss preparations for the pope's letter, which will be read out in churches on Ash Wednesday.
The Catholic church has been accused of repeatedly covering up the abuse of children by priests in the Dublin diocese.
The Murphy report, published in November, said the archdiocese had an "obsessive concern with secrecy and the avoidance of scandal" and "little or no concern for the welfare of the abused child".
A few months earlier, the Ryan report into the abuse of children in Catholic-run industrial schools and orphanages in Ireland over 50 years concluded that there was a culture of covering up allegations of abuse
Pope calls all Irish bishops to meeting about child abuse | World news | guardian.co.uk
Pope summons Irish bishops over child abuse scandal
By Gina Doggett (AFP) – 9 hours ago
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has summoned Irish bishops to the Vatican in February to chart a way forward over a child sex abuse scandal that has shaken Ireland, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The February 15-16 meeting will address the aftermath of revelations that Church authorities covered up for paedophile priests in the mainly Catholic country for some three decades.
The pope already met on December 11 with Ireland's two most senior Roman Catholic churchmen, primate of all Ireland Cardinal Sean Brady and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, following a shock government report on the scandal in the Dublin archdiocese, Ireland's biggest.
The pope said then he shared "the outrage, betrayal and shame felt by so many of the faithful in Ireland (over) these heinous crimes" catalogued in the report issued in late November.
One priest admitted to sexually abusing over 100 children, while another accepted that he had abused on a fortnightly basis over 25 years.
Four bishops have so far resigned following the report, which revealed that church leaders did not report abuse to police as part of a culture of secrecy and a determination to avoid damaging the reputation and assets of the church.
The scandal caused deep pain and outrage in Ireland and sparked a crisis of confidence in church leadership.
Brady, at the funeral of his predecessor Cardinal Cahal Daly earlier this month, said the "shameful" revelations had brought the Church in Ireland to a "defining moment in its history".
The Irish bishops conference said in Dublin on Tuesday that they would hold an extraordinary meeting Friday to continue debate over the revelations.
The bishops will also be "preparing for Pope Benedict XVI's address, by way of pastoral letter, to the faithful of Ireland," the bishops conference said in a statement.
The Vatican said in December that the pope would address a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics setting out a way forward.
The Vatican-watching news agency I.media said the letter would be handed to the bishops during their visit in February.
Britain's Guardian newspaper said the text was to be read out to Irish Catholics on February 17, the first day of Lent, the Christian season of penance, reflection and fasting leading up to Easter.
Dublin Archbishop Martin said criminal behaviour by clerics must be investigated and prosecuted at a Christmas Eve mass in Dublin.
"No words of apology will ever be enough for the hurt caused," he said, adding that the church must "honestly and brutally" recognise what had happened.
"Renewal must begin with accepting responsibility for the past. Criminal behaviour must be investigated and pursued," he said.
Cardinal Claudio Hummes, who heads the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy, also said last week that paedophile priests should be prosecuted.
"We have to follow through with determination, even through ordinary legal channels," he told the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano.
AFP: Pope summons Irish bishops over child abuse scandal
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Vatican conference to discuss response to clerical sexual abuse in Ireland
Ireland's bishops have all been summoned to the Vatican for discussions on the clerical child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Irish Catholic church.
Senior Catholic sources said today the pope had summoned them to a meeting in Rome on 15 and 16 February.
Senior Catholic church sources confirmed a story in the Irish Catholic newspaper about a meeting to debate the Ryan and Murphy reports into widespread clerical child abuse across the republic.
Irish bishops said they received the Vatican's invitations yesterday.
A prelate, who wished to remain anonymous, said Pope Benedict would speak to the bishops on the opening day of the meeting and they would be able to tell him what they thought about the scandal.They would also meet senior Vatican officials responsible for areas such as doctrine.
At least one bishop expects consultations about the pope's pastoral letter to Ireland's Catholics, in which he promised a response to the Murphy report.
The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference has announced that it will convene an extraordinary general meeting on Friday in Maynooth, the seat of training for Catholic priests in Ireland, to discuss preparations for the pope's letter, which will be read out in churches on Ash Wednesday.
The Catholic church has been accused of repeatedly covering up the abuse of children by priests in the Dublin diocese.
The Murphy report, published in November, said the archdiocese had an "obsessive concern with secrecy and the avoidance of scandal" and "little or no concern for the welfare of the abused child".
A few months earlier, the Ryan report into the abuse of children in Catholic-run industrial schools and orphanages in Ireland over 50 years concluded that there was a culture of covering up allegations of abuse
Pope calls all Irish bishops to meeting about child abuse | World news | guardian.co.uk
Pope summons Irish bishops over child abuse scandal
By Gina Doggett (AFP) – 9 hours ago
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has summoned Irish bishops to the Vatican in February to chart a way forward over a child sex abuse scandal that has shaken Ireland, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The February 15-16 meeting will address the aftermath of revelations that Church authorities covered up for paedophile priests in the mainly Catholic country for some three decades.
The pope already met on December 11 with Ireland's two most senior Roman Catholic churchmen, primate of all Ireland Cardinal Sean Brady and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, following a shock government report on the scandal in the Dublin archdiocese, Ireland's biggest.
The pope said then he shared "the outrage, betrayal and shame felt by so many of the faithful in Ireland (over) these heinous crimes" catalogued in the report issued in late November.
One priest admitted to sexually abusing over 100 children, while another accepted that he had abused on a fortnightly basis over 25 years.
Four bishops have so far resigned following the report, which revealed that church leaders did not report abuse to police as part of a culture of secrecy and a determination to avoid damaging the reputation and assets of the church.
The scandal caused deep pain and outrage in Ireland and sparked a crisis of confidence in church leadership.
Brady, at the funeral of his predecessor Cardinal Cahal Daly earlier this month, said the "shameful" revelations had brought the Church in Ireland to a "defining moment in its history".
The Irish bishops conference said in Dublin on Tuesday that they would hold an extraordinary meeting Friday to continue debate over the revelations.
The bishops will also be "preparing for Pope Benedict XVI's address, by way of pastoral letter, to the faithful of Ireland," the bishops conference said in a statement.
The Vatican said in December that the pope would address a pastoral letter to Irish Catholics setting out a way forward.
The Vatican-watching news agency I.media said the letter would be handed to the bishops during their visit in February.
Britain's Guardian newspaper said the text was to be read out to Irish Catholics on February 17, the first day of Lent, the Christian season of penance, reflection and fasting leading up to Easter.
Dublin Archbishop Martin said criminal behaviour by clerics must be investigated and prosecuted at a Christmas Eve mass in Dublin.
"No words of apology will ever be enough for the hurt caused," he said, adding that the church must "honestly and brutally" recognise what had happened.
"Renewal must begin with accepting responsibility for the past. Criminal behaviour must be investigated and pursued," he said.
Cardinal Claudio Hummes, who heads the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy, also said last week that paedophile priests should be prosecuted.
"We have to follow through with determination, even through ordinary legal channels," he told the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano.
AFP: Pope summons Irish bishops over child abuse scandal
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