IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Colm Kelpie
Thursday March 08 2012
A LEADING abuse survivor last night branded as “insulting” a request from the Catholic bishops for parishioners to pray to make amends for the sins of paedophile priests.
Marie Collins said the onus should be on the bishops to make amends and she accused them of failing to show humility over the abuse scandals.
On the final day of their three-day spring general meeting, the bishops reiterated a call from Pope Benedict and encouraged the faithful to pray intensely to “make reparation for the sins of abuse that have done so much harm”.
But Ms Collins said the people did not need to atone.
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