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BERLIN - Germany's Jesuits announced a plan Thursday to pay the victims of sexual abuse in the order's schools a "symbolic compensation" of at least euro5,000 ($6,500) each, saying the gesture is meant to be "financially painful" to the Roman Catholic organization.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who rape and molest children.

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Scotland for a four-day state visit to Britain, a controversial yet historic trip that has been overshadowed by sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.