DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish victims of clerical child sexual abuse are deeply disappointed by Pope Benedict's letter of apology as it fails to address the role of senior church leaders, a group representing victims said on Saturday. "My first response was deep disappointment in the letter," said Maeve Lewis, executive director of victims group One in Four. "We feel the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday apologized to victims of child sexual abuse by clergy in Ireland and announced a formal Vatican investigation of Irish Roman Catholic dioceses and seminaries hit by the abuse scandal. In recent weeks, the Vatican has been trying to contain damage as a string of scandals over sexual abuse of children by priests has ...

Pope Benedict XVI was preparing Saturday to issue a pastoral letter on the child abuse scandal in the Church in Ireland, amid growing anger about similar affairs in other countries. And one Irish group representing victims of the abuse made it clear Friday that they would accept nothing less than a full apology and confirmation that abuse had been covered ...