Priest recalls watching Pope write apology to abuse victims in Ireland

A priest who helped organise Pope Francis's visit to Ireland in 2018 has recalled watching the pontiff compose his personal apology to victims of abuse in the Catholic Church. Father Tim Bartlett said he did not know what the Pope was writing after he asked for some paper while on board a flight to Knock shrine in Co Mayo. The Belfast-based cleric said hours later the pontiff would produce the same piece of paper as he addressed tens of thousands of people at an open-air mass in Dublin's Phoenix