![]() ![]() "I said, 'Holy Father, you need to know you have a cancer in your flock and I hope you will do something for this problem you have to fix this,"' McDaid said. The abuse, he told Benedict, was not only sexual but spiritual. ![]() ![]() One of the victims, Bernie McDaid, told The Associated Press that he shook the pope's hand, told him he was an altar boy and had been abused by a priest in the sacristy of his parish. Each spoke privately with the pope and the whole group prayed together. The group from O'Malley's archdiocese were all adults, men and women, who had been molested when they were minors. Federico Lombardi, a papal spokesman, said that Benedict and Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley met with a group of five or six abuse victims for about 25 minutes, offering them encouragement and hope. ![]()
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