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• Bishops call for abuse crackdown | National group will consider a proposal to oust new offenders but allow one molestation in the past. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Bishops urge crackdown on sex abuse (Associated Press)
  
  
• Bishops' plan has mercy clause | Draft outlines policy for abuse by priests (USA Today)
  
  
• Bishops still face highly placed hurdles | The question now is whether it will intentionally subvert the will of parishioners and bishops — or follow their prescription for healing. (Editorial, USA Today)
  
  
• The real issue is fidelity | How can we expect the Catholic people to be faithful to their sacred vows if they know that some, perhaps many, priests and bishops are not faithful to theirs? (Richard John Neuhaus, USA Today)
  
  
• Child sex abuse proposal lacking, say some Catholics (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  
• Victims then, priests later | No one knows how many spiritual mentors of one generation abused the priests of the next, but the numbers are probably "larger than we think," according to A.W. Richard Sipe, a former Benedictine monk and psychologist. (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• O ye of much faith! A triple dose of trouble | This is a rare moment in history, like a planetary alignment: three world religions simultaneously racked by crisis. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Publishers are wary of books on church scandal | A story of bungling bishops and pedophilic priests, may, in fact, repel the core Catholic audience (The New York Times)
  
  
• Clerics redefining their space among kids | A generalized suspicion of priests -- one lamentable cost of the Roman Catholic Church's scandal -- has made many members of the clergy keenly attuned to ''professional boundaries,'' particularly with children. It also has raised concerns that too much formality can have a chilling effect on pastoral work (The Miami Herald)
  
  
• Archbishop offers Milwaukee faithful a public apology | Rembert G. Weakland said he accepted "full responsibility for the inappropriate nature" of his relationship with a man who accused the archbishop of sexually assaulting him and was paid $450,000 in an out-of-court settlement (The New York Times)
  
  
• Australian bishop admits abuse money offer | Just days after angrily denying that he tried to cover up sexual abuse of children by priests, Australia's most senior Roman Catholic churchman has been forced to admit offering victims thousands of dollars. (BBC)
  
  
• Pell says he wasn't buying victim silence (AAP/Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Also: Aussie archbishop admits abuse offer (Associated Press)
  
  
• Also: Pell allegations lack evidence | The claim by critics and victims that compensation was a euphemism for hush money appears difficult to sustain, given that priests who perpetrated abuse on 101 "Pell process" compensation recipients had been convicted and, in 25 other cases, the abusive priest was either dead or the sexual misconduct was not criminal (Editorial, Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Also: Money talks: when hush comes to shove | At what point does compensation become hush money? (Kelly Burke, Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Also: Pell 'knew of cover-up allegations' (Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Also: New doubts over Pell's abuse claims | Catholic Archbishop of Sydney knew about crimes in 1989, not 1992 (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Vow of silence | The Vatican's death grip on the news. (Slate.com)
  
  
• U.S. bishops to propose ousting abusive priests | Draft precedes Dallas meeting (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• The church will protect children | We urge our critics to take note of what we can and will do in this adversity and not only of what we have failed to do in the past (Harry J. Flynn, The Wall Street Journal)
  
  

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