UNITED STATES
Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS — An annual report, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, says an independent audit and study found 2012 had the biggest drop in allegations of sexual abuse by priests in a decade.

By: Stephen J. Lee, Forum News Service

GRAND FORKS — An annual report, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, says an independent audit and study found 2012 had the biggest drop in allegations of sexual abuse by priests in a decade.

But the report also singles out one diocese as the only one that refuses to take part in the annual audit and data collection of compliance with the conference’s own 2004 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People: the Diocese of Lincoln, in Nebraska.

That may be of interest to people in eastern North Dakota since the bishop-elect for the Fargo diocese, Monsignor John…