The Age reports two victims said in a statement released by the Sydney Archdiocese that they had provided the Pope with written accounts of "the abuse to which we were subjected and its effect on our lives" prior to the Mass held at 7am in a private chapel at Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral.
The victims, believed to be siblings, who spoke further with the Pope of their experiences, were two of four victims at the Mass which was attended by about 10 people including Sydney Archbishop Cardinal George Pell.
The siblings said the Pope had also directed comments to the clergy who were present, saying abuse must be eradicated at the seminary training stage.
"We were moved by the Pope's compassionate response to us and his comment that he would continue to pray for all victims of sexual abuse," they said.
But several other abuse victims slammed the Church over the secret meeting with handpicked survivors.
The four victims at the Mass had gone through the Church's much criticised internal program for sex abuse survivors.
The man who chose them has admitted he had looked for people who would be "comfortable in attending the Mass".
Michael Salmon, the head of the Church's office for dealing with abuse victims, also confirmed none of those he invited to Mass had pursued a civil claim against the Church. But one had pursued criminal charges against their abuser, he said.
Anthony Foster, who cut short a European holiday in the hope of meeting the Pope to talk about the rape of his two daughters by Melbourne priest Kevin O'Donnell, said he was "devastated" he had not been told of the Mass.
Mr Foster, whose daughter Emma took her own life earlier this year, said "the Pope has snubbed us and shown a lack of care and compassion to us."
Anthony Jones whose case the Church reopened after Lateline revealed his alleged abuser had admitted to the attack, said he was "happy for the four people who were apologised to … but there are a lot of other people out there, including myself, who are hurting."
Mr Jones said he suspected the Church had chosen people who were happy with its internal processes and who it "knew would graciously accept the apology and not question the Pope."
Mr Salmon rejected criticism that the Church had excluded critics of its systems for dealing with abuse. While the victims at the Mass had "attained a certain level of peace … they were forthright in presenting themselves as people that had suffered … (so) the idea that they're tame people in this context, well that's not the case."
In another report, the Herald-Sun quotes Sydney Cardinal George Pell as saying it was not possible for the Pope to make a personal apology to every Australian victim of sex abuse by Catholic clergy, the Archbishop of Sydney says.
"It was a service of reconciliation and healing. It was a small gathering which we hope will send out a message of the genuine sorrow of the Pope and of the Australian bishops."
Cardinal Pell said it was not possible for the Pope to meet all those who had sought a meeting with him.
"Many, many hundreds of people have contacted me wanting to meet the Pope," he said.
"I wasn't able to accommodate all of them."
Cardinal Pell said he did not know if the two men and two women, whom he said were aged in their 30's, had pursued criminal or civil claims over the abuse they suffered.
They were selected by the Church's Professional Standards Office, but the Cardinal said he did not know the selection criteria.
The meeting was organised over "a number of weeks", and the victims had wanted to keep their identities, and details of their conversations with the Pope, private, Dr Pell said.
When asked why the Church had chosen people who were not prepared to speak publicly, Cardinal Pell replied: "I'm not sure that was a criterion one way or the other."
He then added: "There were no pre-conditions."
He said the Church was genuine in its commitment to dealing with "these vexed issues" reasonably and compassionately.
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