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By Ryan Whalen
Monday, October 5, 2015
AMHERST, N.Y. — At the beginning of his trip to the United States, Pope Francis took some criticism from victims’ advocates for comments he made praising American bishops on how they’d handled the church’s sexual abuse scandal.
“At least at the beginning of his visit he wasn’t addressing the issue at all,” HoganWillig attorney Diane Tiveron said.
Among those critical of the Pope were Tino Flores and Vanessa DeRosa. Flores claimed to have been abused by a priest starting when he was ten while DeRosa said she was abused by a Catholic School teacher when she was thirteen.
“We are hopeful that the Pope lives up to his word and delivers some relief to people who have been so badly abused,” HoganWillig attorney Steven Cohen said.
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