Pope: In some cases clergy have violated rights of children

Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI on Monday lamented how some members of the clergy have "violated" the "dignity" of children, rights that the Catholic Church has "over the centuries" promoted. Benedict's made the remarks in an address to participants of an assembly of the Vatican's family affairs department. In it he also recalled the 20th anniversary of the approval of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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