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"---p, which is opening a UK office to cope with the demand for support from victims, said it "fully expected" meetings with abuse victims to happen in the UK.
But victims' groups warned that such meetings must be open and transparent. Similar meetings in Australia and the US had been clandestine and orchestrated, they said, with church leaders selecting suitable candidates for encounters that, despite their secret and unofficial nature, attracted positive headlines.
Maeve Lewis, from One in Four, said: "In Australia and the USA, there was no opportunity for victims to set their own agenda. There was no chance to ask difficult questions."
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UK victims of paedophile priests seek meeting with pope
The Guardian, April 10, 2010
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