Pope Francis has told America's bishops that the sex abuse scandal within the Catholic church was a "crime" that "shall never be repeated".
He was speaking shortly after meeting President Obama at the White House, as our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The Pope's comments were made before an audience of America's bishop's at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington.
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