clergy sexual abuse

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More than 4,800 children were sexually abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic Church, according to the commission investigating the issue.

The bishops of Poland defended the late pope after a Polish TV station report said there was a “cover up” of abuse when Cardinal Wojtyla was Krakow’s archbishop.

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The AP interview with the pope also covered topics ranging from his health to the ongoing clerical sexual abuse crisis and from homosexuality to potential policies for regulating the retirement of a pope who renounces his office.