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Two years ago exactly Benedict XVI ordered a Visitation of Irish dioceses, seminaries and religious houses in the wake of the sexual abuse of minors by priests and religious. Today, in Ireland, the Vatican will publish a summary of its findings
Gerard O’Connell
Rome
A summary of the findings of the Visitation to the Irish Church ordered by Pope Benedict XVI in the wake of the sexual-abuse of minors by priests’ scandal will be published today in Ireland.
The news was broken late on the night of March 19 by the Communications Office of the Irish Bishops’ Conference in an email to the media. It said a press conference would be held at Saint Patrick’s College Maynooth at 10.00 a.m. (Irish time) on March 20, to coincide with the publication of the “Summary of the Findings of the Apostolic Visitation in Ireland.” It announced that “senior members” of the Irish Bishops’ Conference and of the Conference of Religious of Ireland would attend.
The publication of the Visitation’s findings comes exactly two years after Pope Benedict first announced it in his Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland, released by the Vatican on 20 March 2010.
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