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• Check for pedophiles may silence church bells | They have been ringing bells at St James the Great church in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, for more than 600 years (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Choir school in New Jersey loses immunity in sex abuse case | Older law says that nonprofit groups set up exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes are immune from liability when someone suffers damages resulting from an employee's negligence (Associated Press)
  
  
• Vatican hears sex abuse cases sent to Pope | The Vatican, implementing a change in the way it handles clerical sex abuse cases and other serious crimes against church law, has begun delegating cases that normally would have gone straight to the pope instead to his key orthodoxy watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Associated Press)
  
  
• Jehovah's Witnesses hold sex abuse caucus | Present and former Jehovah's Witnesses who claim they were sexually abused by congregation leaders gathered in their first national caucus Saturday, sharing grievances about the religion's handling of abuse complaints and discussing legal strategy (Associated Press)
  
  

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