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Thu 05 May 2009Controversy over Nichols remark
The new head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has courted controversy after describing members of the clergy who admitted abusing children in their care as courageous for facing up to their past.
Most Rev Vincent Nichols made his comments in an interview with British broadcaster ITV following the publication yesterday afternoon of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.
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