Dutch Jews demand papal apology

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Translated from Dutch news agency ANP:

CIDI wants apology from Pope Benedict

The Center for Information and Documentation about Israel in the Netherlands (CIDI) demands an apology from the Pope. A Vatican prelate compared the allegations of sexual abuse within the church with anti-Semitism.

He made his statement in Rome in the presence of the pope. The CIDI says that the pope should apologize frankly and remove that priest from his position.

The CIDI calls it shocking that victims of hatred of Jews are equalized with priests who have abused children. The Vatican has said that the opinion of that priest is not the church’s view.

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