PITTSBURGH (PA)
Tribune Review
November 12, 2018
By Stephen Huba
Catholics who were hoping for a substantive response from the U.S. bishops this week to the clergy sexual abuse crisis will have to wait a little longer.
The bishops, meeting in the 2018 General Assembly in Baltimore, learned Monday the Vatican had asked them to postpone a vote on a series of proposals addressing their part in the crisis. Pope Francis first wants to hold a summit on the scandal in February.
The two measures that were on the agenda were a code of conduct for bishops and the creation of a lay commission to review violations of the code.
Advocacy groups reacted angrily to the Vatican’s delay of the vote.
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