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Pope comments on child sex abuse, compares it to "satanic mass"
Pope Francis has compared child sex abuse perpetrated by Catholic priests to performing a "satanic mass".
The pope made the comment while speaking to the media on board a flight back to Rome after his visit to the Middle East.
Francis...
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4:3 Strauss-Kahn's family arrive, bail hearing, judge, analyst, lawyer
New York City, New York
1. Anne Sinclair, wife of former IMF (International Monetary Fund) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn walking with his daughter Camille, police trying to clear media
New York City, New York
2. Dominique Strauss-Kahn...
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The Vatican on Thursday strongly defended its decision not to defrock an American priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys in Wisconsin and denounced what it called a campaign to smear Pope Benedict XVI and his aides.
HEADLINE: Vatican: No Trial of Priest Accused by Deaf))
CAPTION: The Vatican on Thursday strongly defended its decision not to defrock an American priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys in Wisconsin and denounced what it called...
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Catholic bishops vote on sex abuse policy
1. Various of Bishops arriving at conference
2. Wide of Bishops meeting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Archbishop Harry Flynn/Head of Draft Committee
"This is a defining moment for us this morning as bishops. A moment for us to declare our...
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WRAP +4:3 Strauss-Kahn's wife and daughter arrive ADDS DSK at bail hearing
1. Anne Sinclair, wife of former IMF (International Monetary Fund) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn walking with his daughter Camille, police trying to clear media out of the away
2. Wide of both women holding each other, walking into court,...
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Thousands of pilgrims arrive ahead of Pope Benedict XVI mass
1. Mid shot of pilgrims'' having their bags checked at entrance to venue for the mass to be held by Pope Benedict XVI
2. Mid of pilgrims arriving
3. Mid of police officers outside security check point
4. Wide of police vehicle at...
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A U.N. committee compared the Vatican's handling of the global priest sex abuse scandal with torture Monday, raising the possibility that its failure to investigate clergy and their superiors could have broader legal implications. (May 5)
In its second grilling at the United Nations this year, the Vatican on Monday sought to limit its responsibility for the global priest sex abuse scandal by undercutting arguments it had violated an international treaty against torture...
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Sydney man arrested on child sex charges
1. Wide of Ian Potterton arriving at the Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD)
2. Mid of Potterton arriving at the AHTD
3. Pan of Potterton walking
4. Wide of Potterton in the investigation room
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ian Potterton,...
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Priest abuse victims speak out against two cardinals
1. Pan from reporters to press conference
2. Mid shot of of press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Joaquin Aguilar Mendez, Alleged sexual abuse victim:
"Many of you know me, I am the first person to sue both Cardinals and Nicolas...
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Papal flag lowered as Benedict XVI's papacy ends
1. Mid of Vatican official taking down the flag at papal residence in Castel Gandolfo
2. Close of police vehicles in front of the residence
3. Wide tilt down of the residence
Marking the end of Benedict XVI's pontificate, a Vatican...
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Pope John Paul II 's biographer and longtime spokesman defend his record on sex abuse
Pope John Paul II's biographer and longtime spokesman sought on Friday to defend his record on sex abuse against evidence that he didn't grasp the scale of the scandal until very late in his papacy.
John Paul's record and his support for...
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BELGIUM: PAEDOPHILE INVESTIGATION GOES INTERNATIONAL
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Belgium's child murder, sex abuse and kidnapping scandal has gone international.
Belgian detectives have asked police throughout Europe and around the world to help them investigate the abduction and killings of...
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Pope on flight to UK; admits church failures in sex abuse scandal
1. Mid of Pope Benedict XVI inside plane, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state behind him
2. Close up of the pope
3. Pan from photographers to pope and Bertone
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pope Benedict XVI:
"Sadness also...
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Pontiff tackles range of issues including sex abuse and MidEast in candid plane interview
Pope Francis announced Monday he would meet soon with a group of sex abuse victims at the Vatican and declared "zero tolerance" for any member of the clergy who would violate a child.
The meeting with a half-dozen victims will mark the...
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Clergy abuse victims gather after seeking ICC investigation of Vatican
1. Low angle wide of St. Peter''s Basilica behind chained fence
2. Mid of Megan Peterson, member of church abuse victims group
3. Wide of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) members in front of St. Peter''s...
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The Vatican responded Monday to allegations that it had concealed years of clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and other high-ranking clerics should report such crimes to police if required by law.
HEADLINE: Vatican to bishops: follow law, report sex abuse
CAPTION: The Vatican responded Monday to allegations that it had concealed years of clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and other...
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Alleged victims on abuse claims connected to Catholic church
Regensburg - 10 March 2010
1. Wide of "Regensburger Domspatzen" boys'' choir school building
2. Sign on school building reading (German) "Regensburger Domspatzen"
3. Boys walking up to school entrance
4. Close-up of glass panel over...
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BELGIUM: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS TOUGHER LAWS FOR SEX OFFENDERS
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The Belgian government is preparing tougher laws against sex offenders - including one which would make it more difficult for convicted offenders to win early release from prison.
The move comes as the search continues for...
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Suspected British child molester in police custody
1. Tilt down on exterior of court
2. Police vehicle arriving with suspect Duncan Grant
3. Grant bought out of police vehicle
4. Various of Grant being led to court and being confronted by reporters
5. Grant being led back to police...
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WRAP Pope conducts mass at the Washington Nationals stadium
1. Various of Pope Benedict XVI entering Nationals stadium in popemobile
2. Wide shot of Benedict riding through stadium in popemobile
3. Close of Benedict waving out of the window
4. Various of Benedict in popemobile
5. Wide shot of...
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Leader of secretive German colony in Chile arrested
Buenos Aires, Argentina - 10 March 2005
1. Exterior of anti-kidnapping division of Argentine Federal Police
2. Sign
3. Various of former German colony leader Paul Shaffer being led into police station
Parral, Chile - May 1995
4. Villa...
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Mass for clergy at Saint Patrick's Cathedral ADDS shots
1. Car carrying Pope Benedict XVI arriving at St Patrick's church
2. Pope getting out of the car
3. Pope meeting Archbishop of New York (left) and Mayor Michael Bloomberg (right)
4. Pope waving at crowd outside church
5. Top shot of...
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Court convicts 2 Britons, one Indian in child sex abuse case
1. Duncan Grant and Alan Waters being taken to court
2. Exterior of the court
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Majeed Memon, Defence Lawyer:
"Substantive sentence awarded to Duncan Grant and Alan Waters are six years. It would run concurrently...
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Pope on plane and arriving in Malta amid abuse controversy
En route from Rome to Malta
1. Wide of Pope Benedict XVI on board chartered Alitalia plane, Vatican spokesman Reverend Federico Lombardi speaking into microphone
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pope Benedict XVI:
"Let''s hope for a good trip...