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[Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People]

CHICAGO (CBS) — Ten years ago in Dallas, American Catholic bishops responded to an exploding priest sex abuse scandal with a “zero tolerance” charter.

Now as WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports, there are those who see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “Charter on the Protection of Children and Youth” as a success and those who don’t.

Barbara Blaine, president of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, bishops continue to break the zero tolerance charter because there are no consequences.

Locally, she points to child predator former priest Daniel McCormack. She says, Cardinal Francis George had information, “knew McCormack was a predator, left him in ministry, even gave him a promotion.”

Archdiocese chancellor Jim Lago calls the Fr. McCormack case, “the exception”. He says any allegation that comes in whether current…