ROME
The Irish Times
PADDY AGNEW in Rome
THE PRIMATE of the Irish Church, Cardinal Seán Brady, yesterday expressed the hope that this week’s unprecedented symposium in Rome, Towards Healing and Renewal , might prove to be an “important step” on the Catholic Church’s long and difficult road to healing the damage done by the sex abuse crisis.
Speaking on the last day of the symposium, Cardinal Brady said that the presence of representatives of 110 bishops’ conferences, as well as experts and senior curia figures underlined the significance of the event.
“It is important that this symposium brings home to people how serious this problem is and just what the cost of it is, not just in financial terms but more importantly in moral terms, in terms of the damage, the scandal, the shame,” he continued.
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