“I am deeply ashamed, and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the


“I am deeply ashamed, and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future.”

Pope Benedict XVI

On the clergy sex abuse scandal that has devastated the American Roman Catholic church.

“I can tell you we believe the children who are victims of abuse or neglect, and particularly victims at the hands of their own parents, certainly are going to feel safer to tell their story when they don’t have a parent there that’s coaching them.”

Marleigh Meisner

Texas Children’s Protective Services spokeswoman on separating children from their mothers following a raid on a West Texas polygamist retreat.