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Commentary: The lesson for Catholic bishops from Benedict report — apologize, apologize, apologize

Apologies should come from the Catholic liturgy, not be written by lawyers. When it comes to sin, in Catholic liturgy, there is no beating about the bush in the handling of clergy sex abuse.

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI attends a Mass in 2015. A long-awaited report on sexual abuse faulted his handling of four cases.