Bishops continue to define response to sex abuse despite Vatican call for delay

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Bishops continue to define response to sex abuse despite Vatican call for delay

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by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service

Nov 16, 2018

As the U.S. bishops' meeting in Baltimore ends Nov. 15, the most newsworthy happening is still Monday's last-minute instruction from the Vatican to delay any vote on new procedures to sanction or otherwise deal with bishops who had either abused children or failed to remove abusive priests from ministry.