Clergy abuse victims try to sway pope vote
- Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 02.49
- Online news: World
As cardinals prepare for the conclave to elect the next pope, the victims of sex abuse by clergymen are trying to ensure the vote doesn't go to anyone they accuse of helping cover up the scandal.
A picture shows the St Peter's basilica and the Colonnade at sunset on the eve of the conclave on March 11, 2013 at the Vatican.
The Catholic hierarchy had a final day of talks in Rome on Monday before going into lockdown in the Sistine Chapel for the vote, after former pontiff Benedict XVI's shock resignation -- the first for 700 years.
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