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	Irish Bishops Respond to Abuse Scandal CNN June 16, 2010 http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/16/irish-bishops-respond-to-abuse-scandal/ Irish Catholic bishops will look for ways to have lay people more involved in church life to help prevent the kind of child abuse by clergy that has rocked the church worldwide, the bishops announced Wednesday. "Particular attention ought to be given to establishing and developing parish pastoral councils, finance committees, and other bodies which enable greater participation of the lay faithful in the service and mission of the church," they said in a statement at the end of their summer meeting. They were responding to an unprecedented statement from Pope Benedict XVI in March, addressing the Irish church on the scandal. Three different government-backed reports have found widespread abuse of children by Catholic clergy in Ireland stretching back decades, and a pattern of cover-ups by the church.
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