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Pope: Belgian sex abuse raids deplorable
by NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press Writer
updated 48 minutes ago

The pope on Sunday called the raids carried out by Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse "deplorable" and asserted the right of the Catholic Church to investigate abuse alongside civil law enforcement authorities.

Pope Benedict XVI issued a message Sunday to the head of the Belgian bishops' conference, Monsignor Andre-Joseph Leonard, expressing his solidarity with all Belgian bishops "in this sad moment."



sorry, a priest or biship deserves no different treatment from anyone else suspected of committing a crime.