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ROME — Pope Benedict XVI urged Irish bishops Tuesday to show “determination and resolve” in confronting the sexual-abuse scandal convulsing the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland but made no explicit call for the punishment of those who perpetrated what he called a “heinous crime.”
After two days of closed- door conversations between the pope and Irish bishops, a Vatican statement said the scandal had ignited a “grave crisis,” which had “led to a breakdown in trust in the church’s leadership.”
