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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is deeply disturbed by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there on the church’s response to a report that found the church shielded more than 100 child-abusing priests from the law, the Vatican said Friday.

Benedict met at the Vatican with senior Irish clergy to discuss a possible response to the devastating report issued last month. A Vatican statement released after the 90-minute talks said the pope studied the report carefully and expressed his “profound regret.”