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	Ireland and the Pope By Leon J. Podles Dialogue February 16, 2010 http://www.podles.org/dialogue/ireland-and-the-pope-278.htm Pope Benedict and the Irish bishops have issued a communique. For his part, the Holy Father observed that the sexual abuse of children and young people is not only a heinous crime, but also a grave sin which offends God and wounds the dignity of the human person created in his image. The Holy Father also pointed to the more general crisis of faith affecting the Church and he linked that to the lack of respect for the human person and how the weakening of faith has been a significant contributing factor in the phenomenon of the sexual abuse of minors. Good words, but only words. Although Benedict has acted more strongly against priest-abusers than any pope since Pius V, he has not really acted against bishops who have abused or against bishops who have tolerated abuse.
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