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Bishops adopt national reform policy on sex abuse
In Dallas the U S conference of Catholic Bishops unveiled a policy to remove molesting priests from public ministry but stop short of defrocking. Critics say it fails to end abuse and hold bishops fully accountable. The plan creates laity dominated review boards, aims for safe environment programs, but leaves questions on enforcement, Vatican approval, and orders’ compliance unresolved.
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Manchester
U.S
Dallas
Peter Hutchins
Hutchins
Diocese of
Jim Sacco
Amherst
Massachusetts
John J. Geoghan
Sacco
Washington
Theodore McCarrick
Wilton Gregory
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Conference
Office For Child and Youth Protection
James Farrell
University of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
John McCormack
Wilton D. Gregory
Michael Emerton
Voice of the Faithful
Oklahoma
Frank Keating
Cho
Gregory
National Review Board
Keating
Boston
Bernard Law
Vatican
United States
Thomas Doyle
Thomas Reese
America
Notre Dame
R. Scott Appleby