The Pope summoned multiple Irish Bishops to the Vatican to discuss covered up child abuse that has taken place over the years in Ireland. The Irish Bishops will meet with the Pope in mid-February concerning the abuse that took place from 1975-2004. The Pope has already met with Jim Moriarty and Donal Murray, two senior Irish Bishops that resigned in December. The Dublin Archdiocese created a committee, the Commission of Investigation, to investigate all of the claims of child abuse by priests. Moriarty apologized to the survivors and families because actions and inaction does not take away the suffering the people involved have endured. Murray was aware of complaints and suspicions of child sexual abuse in the archdiocese. After reading the reports the Commission of Investigation compiled, the Pope said after the meeting he was "deeply disturbed and distressed" by the report's findings.
By: Alyssa Rabulinski
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