Dublin archbishop says Catholic leaders must face abuse cover-ups 'honestly and completely'
DUBLIN (AP) — Catholic leaders must confront their cover-ups of child abuse honestly and completely if they want to fulfill their mission as Christians, Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said Thursday as the pope arrived in neighboring Britain.
"Abuse was reinforced by covering it up," said Martin, the Irish church's most outspoken advocate for Catholic openness on its child-abuse scandals.
Martin, a veteran Vatican diplomat before taking the Dublin post in 2004, has clashed with other bishops over their culpability in shielding priests from the law for decades in this predominantly Catholic country.
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