Catholic bishop says church's credibility on sexual abuse is 'shredded'

Catholic bishop says church's credibility on sexual abuse is 'shredded'

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By David Gibson, Religion News Service

The U.S. Catholic bishops' point man on sexual abuse has said the hierarchy's credibility on fixing the problem is "shredded" and that the situation is comparable to the Reformation, when "the episcopacy, the regular clergy, even the papacy were discredited."