VATICAN CITY
Irish Central
Patrick Counihan @irishcentral July 07, 2014
Pope Francis has concluded his first meeting with victims of clerical abuse – two of them from Ireland.
Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley was present when the Pontiff met six clerical abuse survivors from Ireland, Britain and Germany in Rome.
Cardinal O’Malley had earlier attended a meeting of the so-called G8 council of cardinals on reforming the governance of the Catholic Church.
The American cardinal and other members of the Child Protection Commission, including Irish survivor Marie Collins, were expected to attend the papal Mass.
The Pope met the victims as a Vatican commission moves to address the problem of clerical sex abuse in developing countries.
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