BY EAMON QUINN AND STACY MEICHTRY
DUBLIN—The Vatican recalled its ambassador to Ireland on Monday in response to Irish government criticism that the Holy See had mishandled allegations of sexual abuse by priests.
The Vatican said the papal ambassador, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, would return to Rome for "consultations" with its No. 2 official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, on the political uproar that has emerged in the country, a Catholic stronghold.
Vatican deputy spokesman Rev. Ciro Benedettini said the ambassador had been recalled to help "prepare an official response from the Holy See to the Irish government." He described it as a rare measure that showed the "seriousness ...
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