In letter, pontiff apologizes to victims, blasts bishops, opens inquiry
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI rebuked Irish bishops for "grave errors of judgment" in handling clerical sex abuse and ordered a Vatican investigation into the Irish church to wipe out the scourge. Benedict used his harshest words for the abusers themselves: "Conceal nothing," he exhorted them today in a pastoral letter to the Irish faithful. "Openly acknowledge your guilt, submit yourselves to the demands of justice, but do not despair of God's mercy." More»
