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Irish Bishops Called on the Carpet <\/a>
The long-running clergy sexual abuse scandal within Dublin\u2019s Archdiocese is still the Catholic Church\u2019s problem, and on Monday, Pope Benedict XVI met with Irish bishops for the first part of a two-day strategy and damage-control session at the Vatican.  \u2014KA BBC: BBC religious affairs correspondent Christopher Landau says bishops from a particular country normally visit the Vatican around once every five years. But the Pope has summoned Ireland\u2019s bishops for a special two-day meeting, specifically to address the issue that has severely undermined Catholicism\u2019s standing there, our correspondent says. The Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin – the Murphy report – published in November, found the Church had \u201cobsessively\u201d hidden child abuse from 1975 to 2004, and operated a policy of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d. Some bishops still in office had been part of the cover-up, the report said. Four out of five key bishops who were particularly criticised have now resigned, but the fifth, Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan, is expected to meet the Pope. Read more<\/p>\n

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The long-running clergy sexual abuse scandal within Dublin’s Archdiocese is still the Catholic Church’s problem, and on Monday, Pope Benedict XVI met with Irish bishops for the first part of a two-day strategy and damage-control session at the Vatican.? —KA<\/i><\/p>\n

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BBC religious affairs correspondent Christopher Landau says bishops from a particular country normally visit the Vatican around once every five years.<\/p>\n

But the Pope has summoned Ireland’s bishops for a special two-day meeting, specifically to address the issue that has severely undermined Catholicism’s standing there, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n

The Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin – the Murphy report – published in November, found the Church had “obsessively” hidden child abuse from 1975 to 2004, and operated a policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell”.<\/p>\n

Some bishops still in office had been part of the cover-up, the report said.<\/p>\n

Four out of five key bishops who were particularly criticised have now resigned, but the fifth, Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan, is expected to meet the Pope.<\/p>\n

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