She added she was accepting the medal "with deep sorrow and immense pride".

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Benedict spoke with some victims of sexual abuse by priests on papal visits to countries including the United States and the United Kingdom, where he expressed his "deep sorrow" over the scandal.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey, who met King Hussein on a visit to Jordan in January 1992, expressed "deep personal sorrow".

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It's a deep hurt and sorrow that any politician, Democrat or Republican, would seek to gain advantage by using that site.

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