ROME (ITALY)
CBS News
September 13, 2018
By Seth Doane
Some of the highest ranking Catholic leaders from the U.S. met with Pope Francis to discuss the priest sex abuse crisis that has rocked the church. The U.S. bishops said Pope Francis “listened deeply from the heart” in their discussions but they offered few details and no “next steps.”
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the head of all U.S. bishops, pushed for this meeting and wants a Vatican investigation into how disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick rose to the highest levels of the church despite allegations of sexual misconduct. But now DiNardo himself is accused of allowing a predator priest to remain in his own archdiocese in Texas.
In a statement, the archdiocese explained that one of the cases against the accused priest was dropped years ago by the minor’s family, and a second case brought last month was taken “seriously” and reported to authorities.
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