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Child abuse: pope must resign

December 13, 2009 Edition 2

DUBLIN: Irish singer Sinead O'Connor on Friday called on Pope Benedict to step down over an Irish government report that church leaders covered up widespread sexual abuse of children for 30 years.

O'Connor said in a letter published in a British newspaper: "Popes have had no problem voicing their opinions when we wanted contraception or divorce... Yet when it comes to the evils done by paedophiles dressed as priests, they are silent. It is grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented." - Reuters

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