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# Bono Says Pope Francis Is 'Aghast' at Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandals

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## Video: Bono Says Pope Francis Is 'Aghast' at Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandals

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_Published 2018-09-20. U2 frontman Bono has described Pope Francis as being “aghast” about sex abuse in the Catholic Church._


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## Transcript

His holiness was incredibly gracious with this time, this concentration. We'll let the conversation go where it wants to go. We also inevitably, having just come from Ireland, we talked about his feeling that he had, his Excuse me, we talked about the Popes and the feelings about what has happened in the church and I explained to some people like the abuses are being more protected than the victims You can see the pain in his face, and I felt he was sincere, and I think he's an extraordinary man for extraordinary time.

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