Santorum lends clout to priest-sex victims

Sen. Rick Santorum met privately Thursday with three members of an advocacy group for victims of the Catholic clergy sex-abuse scandal.

Representatives of the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests sought the meeting after criticizing Santorum last week over a three-year-old column in which the Pennsylvania Republican tied the scandal to Boston's ''cultural liberalism.''Instead of demanding an apology, SNAP members asked Santorum to help them get a response from the Justice Department to their request for a federal investigation of the Catholic Church.

Santorum told reporters after the meeting that he expressed his concern for the ''horrific scandal they've had to endure personally.'' He also promised to try to help with the Justice Department.

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