" (Reuters) - Chile's Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday that more than 30 bishops would meet next week with Pope Francis in Rome in an attempt to make amends for the damage caused by a sex abuse scandal that has long plagued the country's clergy.

Days ahead of the meeting, Chile's Episcopal Conference, a group of bishops that leads the Church, said in a statement that it felt the same "pain and embarrassment" expressed in April by Pope Francis after meeting with victims of Fernando Karadima, a former Chilean priest accused of pedophilia.

Chile's bishops will travel to Rome from May 14-17."

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