IRELAND
BBC News
August 27, 2018
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has said that Pope Francis was “moved and shocked” by his meetings with survivors of abuse.
On Saturday, in Dublin, the Pope spent 90 minutes with eight survivors, telling them he viewed clerical sex abuse as “filth”.
Archbishop Eamon Martin said the encounters led the pontiff to write a “personal, handwritten” prayer.
Pope Francis made a two-day trip to Ireland over the weekend.
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