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Fri 07 Jul 2010Paisley critical of Church response
The Rev Ian Paisley has criticised the Catholic Church's response to the child abuse scandal in Ireland and has reiterated his opposition to an official visit in September by Pope Benedict to Britain.
In an interview with the BBC, the former DUP leader accused the church of having failed to "take a strong stand" on the child abuse scandal and described abusing priests as "anti-Christ".
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