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Gregory scolds bishops, says they are all responsible for sex abuse of children.

Byline: Richard Scheinin and Brandon Bailey

DALLAS _ In a thunderous opening to a historic event, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops turned his podium into a public confessional Thursday, telling his colleagues that they are responsible for the sexual abuse of children.

"We are the ones," said Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, "whether through ignorance or lack of vigilance, or _ God forbid _ with knowledge, who allowed priest abusers to remain in ministry and reassigned them to communities where they continued to abuse."

Pressed by victims, who spoke to the assembly for the first time in its history, many bishops said privately that they expected the ...

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