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• Worcester bishop named in lawsuits | Handling of cases vs. priests at issue (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Archdiocese defends secrecy | Church tries to assure that minors are safe from abuse (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
  
  
• Philadelphia case set a high bar in sex-abuse suits | In 1993, the state court took a hard line in a classic legal dilemma: how to balance the right of the accused to face accusers promptly against the right of victims to obtain justice. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
  
• 'Passport' alert for church sex offenders | Australia's Anglican Church is to consider creating a "passport" system for staff who want to move between jobs or parishes and a blacklist of accused sex offenders, under stringent new proposals aimed at protecting children from abuse. (The Daily Telegraph, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia)
  
  
• Australian Anglicans say sorry to sex abuse victims | Archbishop Carnley issued the apology on behalf of lay people and clergy from across the country (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  

Abuse reaction:

• For Catholics, crisis of trust allayed by faith | View of hierarchy dimmed, but many back local clergy (The Washington Post)
  
  
• The faithful and their faith | In the wake of pedophilia scandals, churchgoers are demanding change from the Catholic Church. (The New York Times)
  
  
• As scandal keeps growing, church and its faithful reel (The New York Times)
  
  
• Voices of the faithful: Support, disbelief and anger (The New York Times)
  
  
• Catholics react to sex charges (Newsday)
  
  
• L.A. priests anguished, angry over sex scandals | At a workshop on abuse, some say they fear to hug children. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Esteemed priest calls for accountability | South Pasadena parish applauds criticism of church leaders. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

Abuse opinion:

• Twisted, yes, but don't call it shocking | For Catholic men of a certain age, the recent revelations about sexually predatory clerics are not exactly a surprise. (John Tierney, The New York Times)
  
  
• Priest crisis may doom celibacy rule | Celibacy may not lead to pedophilia, but it discourages good men from becoming priests. (Susan Ager, Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• A moral issue—and a crime | It shouldn't matter whether the person having knowledge of a case of pedophilia is a neighbor, teacher, social worker or member of the clergy. There should be no immunity for sexual misconduct involving minors. (Editorial, The Washington Post)
  
  
• A sacred trust | New reports about the sexual abuse of children by clergy remind us to be vigilant. (Editorial, The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Church and state's shared responsibility | It is a basic civil right for a child to be free from predators. We will all be judged on whether we stay true to that principle and seize the opportunity hidden within this crisis. (Thomas F. Reilly, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Signs of repentance | Not until the Catholic Church levels with the public about priests' troubling pasts can it hope to regain the faith of its followers. (Editorial, USA Today)
  
  

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