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	Irish Archbishop Says Child Abuse Scandal Must Be Prosecuted The News International December 25, 2009 http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=94409 DUBLIN: Criminal behaviour by Catholic clerics caught up in Ireland's child sexual abuse scandal must be investigated and prosecuted, the Archbishop of Dublin said Thursday at a Christmas Eve mass. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said, "no words of apology will ever be enough for the hurt caused" by the scandal, in which top priests concealed clerical abuse of children over more than three decades. In his sermon at the mass in Dublin, Martin said renewal of the church must begin by "honestly and brutally" recognising what happened in the past. "There can be no glossing over the past," Martin said at Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral, according to a copy of his speech released in advance. "Renewal must begin with accepting responsibility for the past. Criminal behaviour must be investigated and pursued.
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