Nothing new under the Vatican sun

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Addressing the sexual abuse crisis, Pope Benedict XVI begged forgiveness, saying the church would do “everything possible” to prevent priests from abusing children.

The pope did not outline specific actions that the church would take to combat abuse, as many had hoped — and as Benedict had pledged at an audience in April.

Nor did his remarks go much beyond what he had already said in a letter to Irish Catholics in March and in a private meeting with victims of sexual abuse on Malta in April.

But it was the first time that Benedict had asked forgiveness for the crisis from St. Peter’s Square.

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