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Antonio Grosso tears up after reading aloud the letter his daughter wrote him saluting his courage when he publicly recounted his story of sex abuse by members of the church in a 2002 Portuguese magazine interview, at his home in Oeiras, outside Lisbon, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Grosso's personal journey has taken him from would-be priest studying as a child at a Portuguese seminary to co-founder of the first church sex abuse victim association in Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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One thing the pope won’t be able to ignore in Portugal is a legacy of clergy sex abuse
By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press
Thu,07/27/23-1:10AM , 102 Reads
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the country’s senior bishops squirmed in the auditorium's front-row seats.
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Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2022. Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a key new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine, a counteroffensive by Kyiv’s troops is in the cards. (AP Photo/LIBKOS, File)

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Russia-Ukraine war: Will there be a spring counteroffensive?
By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press
Sat,04/01/23-1:24AM , 214 Reads
Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a new phase in the coming weeks.
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The head of the Portuguese Bishops Conference, Bishop Jose Ornelas, centre, arrives for a news conference to comment on the report released hours earlier by the Independent Committee for the Study of Child Abuse in the Catholic Church, set up by Portuguese bishops, in Lisbon, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. The Committee says 512 alleged victims have come forward, but their report warned that the true number is likely higher than 4,800. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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Portugal church sex abuse study: Victims may number 4,800
By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press
Mon,02/13/23-3:45AM , 144 Reads
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — More than 4,800 individuals may have been victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church and 512 alleged victims have already come forward with their stories, an expert panel looking into historic abuse in the church said Monday.
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Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei poses for a photo in the garden of his country house in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Ai is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities' strict COVID-19 policy, but he doesn't see them bringing about any significant political change. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

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Dissident artist Weiwei says China unrest won't alter regime
By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press
Wed,12/07/22-4:44AM , 219 Reads
MONTEMOR-O-NOVO, Portugal (AP) — Dissident Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is taking heart from recent public protests in China over the authorities’ strict COVID-19 policy, but he doesn’t see them bringing about any significant political change.
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