Cardinal cardinals rally around zero tolerance abuse policy
Cardinal Bevilacqua says all cardinals back zero tolerance for priests who abuse minors and will not function in any church role. Other leaders, including Weakland Flynn Egan and George, back or weigh support as U.S. bishops seek a binding national policy and possible defrocking of serial abusers.
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Military linked to church sex abuse scandal across chaplains
The AP reports eight military priests accused of sexual misconduct in 25 years. Case details include a Dallas diocese priest sent to join the Army and later confessing to molesting a boy, and victims urged not to press charges in at least two cases. Greensburg Diocese cites an Army chaplain on leave over an abuse allegation.
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