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	Pope Strongly Defends Priestly Celibacy in Vigil with Priests, Doesn't Dwell on Abuse Scandal Today June 10, 2010 http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100611-0000055/Pope-strongly-defends-priestly-celibacy-in-vigil-with-priests,-doesnt-dwell-on-abuse-scandal VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world, insisting on a church tradition that has increasingy come under scrutiny amid the clerical sex abuse scandal. Benedict didn't directly mention the crisis that has rocked the Catholic Church for months in his comments to some 15,000 priests who massed in St. Peter's Square Thursday. But in an apparent reference to the crisis, Benedict spoke about "secondary scandals" that showed "our own insufficiencies and sins." The main U.S. clerical abuse victims group, Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, said Benedict had pased up a perfect opportunity to announce clear steps to protect children and insist that abusive priests be reported to police.
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