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Pope Francis blasts scandal of clergy sex abuse in Portugal and meets with survivors
August 03, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis met at the apostolic nunciature in Lisbon with 13 victims of clerical sexual abuse. In February, an independent commission, using extrapolated data, stated that there have been 4,815 instances of alleged sexual abuse of minors in Catholic institutions in Portugal since 1950.
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