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Fri 06 Jun 2009Martin and Brady meet Pope
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, and the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin have met Pope Benedict in Rome today to update him about the fallout from the Ryan report on institutions run by religious orders.
Pope Benedict, who apologised for sexual abuse by clergy during a visit to Australia last year and has not commented publicly on the revelations in the report which said sexual abuse was endemic in boys homes and children lived in daily terror of being beaten.
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