To my Aussie contacts: Was the inconvenience worth it?
SYDNEY, Australia – Pope Benedict XVI said he was "deeply sorry’ for the sexual abuse of children by Australia’s Catholic clergy, delivering a strongly-worded apology Saturday that described their acts as evil and a grave betrayal of trust.
"I would like to pause to acknowledge the shame which we have all felt as a result of the sexual abuse of minors by some clergy and religious in this country," Benedict said during an address at a Mass in Sydney.
"I am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured. I assure them as their pastor that I too share in their suffering," he said.
"Those responsible for these evils must be brought to justice."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080719/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_pope
Its just a shame that the victims & their families were NOT invited to St Pauls to hear the Pope’s speech.
Things wont change! It will all be covered up again as it has been for decades.
Not inonvenienced, i am in Melbourne,
I could not give a rats **** about his visit.
APOLOGIES. to all the Catholics out there
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