U.S. Bishops Quietly Reinstate Accused Priests [View All]

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Source: NPR

U.S. Bishops Quietly Reinstate Accused Priests

by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

While the Roman Catholic sexual abuse scandal unfolds in Europe, the Catholic Church in the U.S. is under renewed scrutiny.

In the wake of its own scandal almost a decade ago, the U.S. church says it has reformed its policies for handling sexual abuse allegations and will remove from ministry every priest who is credibly accused of abuse.

But some of those priests are now being quietly reinstated.

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