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Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
New York Archbishop questioned by lawyers over priest sex abuse as he is floated as top American candidate to become Pope
By Michael Zennie
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is mentioned most as the top American candidate to become the next Pope, but he cannot shake off his connection to the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church in the United States for the past decade.
He faced questions from lawyers in New York on Wednesday about his handling of allegations that priests in the Archdioceses of Milwaukee had abused children. Dolan led the archdioceses from 2002 until 2009.
The Archbishop of New York, who is also the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is the highest-profile leader of the church in America and is widely liked by Catholics across the country for his strong charisma and jovial personality.
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