BBC News with Zoe Diamond.
Senior Irish Catholican Protestant clergymen have
criticize
d the head of the worldwide Anglican communion for saying that Catholic church in Ireland had lost all credibility over the child abuse scandal.
The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said he was stunned and
dishearten
ed by the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams' first comment on the crisis. Robert Prigott reports.
Even Pope Benedict has accepted that the Catholic church in Ireland has lost moral authority, saying in his pastoral letter last month that its bishops had lost their effectiveness because of the way they handled the sexual abuse. But criticism from the leader of another church proved
too much
. Dr.Williams has spoken of the
colossal
trauma
caused by the scandal. But they were words Dr.Williams' quickly regretted and he phoned the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin to express his deep sorrow at the difficulties his remarks had caused.
The authorities in Senegal have unveiled a colossal statue overlooking the capital Dakar. The 49-metre-tall statue of a man, woman and child known as the monument of the African Renaissance, cost around 28 million dollars. African heads of state attended the inauguration celebrating 50 years since Senegal's independence. Earlier, opposition supporters marched in protest against the statue,a pet project of President Abdoulaye Wade. Many like this demonstrator said the statue was a waste of money.