John Kelly of the Survivors of Child Abuse (SOCA) group (L) looks on as Kevin Flannagan (C), brother of Mickey Flannagan, victim of child abuse, shouts at members of the government-appointed Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in state-funded Roman Catholic Church-run institutions, for being turned away from a press conference at the Conrad Hotel, in Dublin, Ireland, on May 20, 2009. Sexual abuse of children was "endemic" in boys' institutions in Ireland and church leaders knew about it, a major report on mistreatment in church-run bodies dating back to the 1930s said Wednesday. "Sexual abuse was endemic in boys� institutions," said the long-awaited major official report, adding that: "Sexual abuse was known to religious authorities to be a persistent problem in male religious organisations." Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

John Kelly of the Survivors of Child Abuse (SOCA) group (L) looks on as Kevin Flannagan (C), brother of Mickey Flannagan, victim of child abuse, shouts at members of the government-appointed Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in state-funded Roman Catholic Church-run institutions, for being turned away from a press conference at the Conrad Hotel, in Dublin, Ireland, on May 20, 2009. Sexual abuse of children was "endemic" in boys' institutions in Ireland and church leaders knew about it, a major report on mistreatment in church-run bodies dating back to the 1930s said Wednesday. "Sexual abuse was endemic in boys� institutions," said the long-awaited major official report, adding that: "Sexual abuse was known to religious authorities to be a persistent problem in male religious organisations."

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  5. Pope Benedict XVI is kissed by a child as he meets the faithful of the village of Botticino, near Brescia, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Paul VI was elected pope in 1963, taking over from John XXIII who began the Second Vatican Council, a landmark initiative to modernize the policies and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Paul led the council to its completion, which Benedict attended as an up-and-coming theologian.
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  8. Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, from the Anglican church listens as Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, unseen, from the Roman Catholic Church speaks during a news conference in London, held in reaction to the announcement of a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the ordination of women and the election of openly gay bishops.

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