No date for Pope meeting with abuse victims-Vatican spokesman


ROME (Reuters) - No date has been set for Pope Francis' planned meeting with victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, originally expected to take place early next month, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said on Wednesday.

The pope said this week that he would meet a group of sex abuse victims early in June after he compared child abuse with a "satanic mass".

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