Pope meets sex abuse victims
Updated on 18 April 2010
Pope Benedict XVI met a group of clerical abuse victims and promised them the Church would do everything in its power to punish abusive priests and protect young people in the future.
The Vatican said Benedict expressed his shame and sorrow at the pain the men and their families suffered and prayed with them during the meeting at the Vatican's embassy in Malta.
It was the first time Benedict had met with abuse victims since the worldwide clerical abuse scandal engulfed the Vatican earlier this year.
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