Pope meets with leaders of besieged US Catholic Church  From left to right: Msgr. Brian Bransfield, Sec Gen of USCCB; Card. Sean Patrick O'Malley, Arch of Boston; Pope; Card. Daniel Di Nardo, Pres of USCCB; Arch Jose Gomez, VP of USCCB

Pope meets with leaders of besieged US Catholic Church From left to right: Msgr. Brian Bransfield, Sec Gen of USCCB; Card. Sean Patrick O'Malley, Arch of Boston; Pope; Card. Daniel Di Nardo, Pres of USCCB; Arch Jose Gomez, VP of USCCB

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Pope meets with leaders of US Catholic Church 'lacerated' by abuse scandal

Struggling to contain one of the most serious crises of his papacy, Pope Francis met Thursday in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, the epicenter of a rapidly escalating clergy sex abuse scandal.