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Pope Leo understood clergy child sex abuse was 'systemic', survivor says after meeting
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Head of the Roman Catholic Church holds 'emotional' two-hour meeting with seven survivors in French town of Lourdes.
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LOURDES, France, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Pope Leo reaffirmed his commitment to ending abuse by priests in the Catholic Church during a meeting in Lourdes with seven survivors of abuse by French clergy,