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At Vatican, Lauryn Hill speaks on child abuse
Monday, December 15, 2003
By: brooklyniteOne
During a Christmas benefit concert at the Vatican, Grammy Award-winning singer Lauryn Hill launched into an unscheduled tirade against priests who abuse children, according to news reports Sunday.
Hill read a statement criticizing the church and its leaders during the Saturday night concert, where she was a featured performer. Several Italian newspapers on Sunday ran translations of the statement, which was delivered in English. They quoted her as saying there was "no acceptable explanation for defending the church."
"I realize some of you may be offended by what I'm saying, but what do you say to the families who were betrayed by the people in whom they believed?" La Repubblica newspaper quoted Hill as saying.
There was no immediate response Sunday to calls seeking comment from the singer's label, New York-based Columbia Records.
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