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Article: Prelates push to defrock priests; 'Notorious,' 'serial' abusers targeted; cardinals admit 'shame'.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2002
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Byline: John Phillips, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
ROME - America's Roman Catholic cardinals last night proposed tough guidelines for the defrocking of "notorious" priests who commit serial child abuse and of some other clergymen who pose a threat to children.
In a letter to the American clergy issued at the end of a two-day conference on child sex abuse, the 12 cardinals also admitted that they should have done more to avert a scandal that had imposed a "heavy burden of sorrow and shame" on all clergymen.
"We regret that episcopal oversight has not been able to preserve the church from this scandal," they said.
In a final statement, the ...