Pope Francis Will Meet With ***ual-Abuse Victims Next Month

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Pope Francis Will Meet With ***ual-Abuse Victims Next Month
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Pope Francis (http://mashable.com/category/pope-francis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) will meet with a group of ***-abuse victims next month at the Vatican. It will be the pontiff's first such meeting since he took over the papacy in March 2013, according to the Associated Press (http://bigstory.ap.org/article/pope-meet-***-abuse-victims-next-month).

The pope also declared "zero tolerance" and said "there are ** privileges" for any clergy members who would violate children, the AP reported. "On this issue, we must go forward, forward," he said.

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Francis made the an**uncement to journalists aboard the papal airplane on Monday, as the pope traveled home from a three-day stay in Jerusalem. The stance, while long overdue in the eyes of many outsiders, is a major public step for the Catholic church, which has dealt with ***ual-abuse allegations for years Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/26/pope-francis-***ual-abuse-victims-meet/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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