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	Pope Will Write Letter to Irish Catholics on Abuse Associated Press December 11, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCxUuJgNLdy99bvZ0n2J8dIoqsWAD9CH4TCO0 VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI says he is "deeply disturbed and distressed" by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there on the church's response. Benedict met Friday with senior Irish clergy in the wake of a report detailing the abuse. The report was issued last month after a government-ordered investigation into the Dublin Archdiocese. It found that the church shielded more than 100 child-abusing priests from the law. The Vatican said after the 90-minute talks that the letter to the faithful of Ireland "will clearly indicate the initiatives that are to be taken in response to the situation."
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