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The Irish Times

CHARLIE TAYLOR

VATICAN REPORT

THE REPORT on the clerical abuse crisis is intended as a contribution to the ongoing spiritual and moral renewal of the church, Primate of All-Ireland Cardinal Seán Brady has said.

Dr Brady said yesterday that the summation was not intended to replace or supersede the work of other agencies and was different from other reviews into the clerical abuse scandal in Ireland.

“This was a pastoral visitation which seeks to understand and work out the implications of faith for a given situation in which the church finds itself. We must never forget that it was offered to us as a help,” he said.