French prosecuting magistrate Fabrice Burgaud (front) testifies before a parliamentary enquiry into the wrongful jailing of thirteen people in the Outreau pedophile case, in Paris February 8, 2006. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau 

French prosecuting magistrate Fabrice Burgaud testifies before a parliamentary enquiry into the wrongful jailing of thirteen people in the Outreau paedophile case, in Paris, February 8, 2006. Lawyers Thibault Maysonneuve (L) and Jean Yves Dupeux (R) are seated on each side of him. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau 

Michael Jackson waves to fans as he departs the Santa Barbara County Courthouse after the prosecution and defense presented their closing statements in his child molestation trial, in Santa Maria, California on June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson LJ 

Pop star Michael Jackson leaves the courthouse after closing arguments were presented in his child molestation trial, at Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, California June 2, 2005. Prosecutors on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Michael Jackson, calling him a serial pedophile and an alcoholic, while the singer's lawyer said the family making child sex abuse accusations were "con artists, actors and liars." REUTERS/Joshua Gates Weisberg/POOL TG/GN 

Michael Jackson leaves Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, California with his father Joe (R) after a day of closing arguments in his child molestation trial, June 2, 2005. Prosecutors on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Michael Jackson, calling him a serial pedophile and an alcoholic, while the singer's lawyer said the family making child sex abuse accusations were "con artists, actors and liars." REUTERS/Robyn Beck/Pool TG/HK 

Michael Jackson leaves after his trial in his child molestation case at the Santa Barbara county courthouse in Santa Maria, California. Michael Jackson leaves after his trial in his child molestation case at the Santa Barbara county courthouse in Santa Maria, California, June 2, 2005. Prosecutors on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Michael Jackson, calling him a serial pedophile and an alcoholic, while the singer's lawyer said the family making child sex abuse accusations were "con artists, actors and liars." 

Members of the media are reflected in pop star Michael Jackson's sunglasses as they document his departure from the Santa Barbara county courthouse, after a hearing in his child molestation trial in Santa Maria, California, June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Phil Klein PK/HK 

Michael Jackson departs the Santa Barbara County Courthouse after the prosecution and defense presented their closing statements in his child molestation trial, in Santa Maria, California June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson LJ 

Pop star Michael Jackson leaves after a hearing in his child molestation trial at the Santa Barbara county courthouse in Santa Maria, California June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Phil Klein PK 

A woman shows off a tattoo of Michael Jackson on her shoulder outside the courthouse in Santa Maria, California where the Jackson trial is taking place, June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Rick Wilking RTW 

A mother and child watch a figure wearing a Michael Jackson mask outside the court in Santa Maria, California where the Jackson trial is taking place, June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Rick Wilking RTW 

Michael Jackson fan Sean O'Kane (L) tries to hold a sign up in front of a man wearing a Jackson mask outside the court in Santa Maria, California, where the Jackson trial is taking place June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Rick Wilking RTW/GN 

John Leisenring wears an outfit resembling entertainer Michael Jackson outside the Santa Barbara County Courthouse during closing arguments in Jackson's child molestation trial in Santa Maria, California June 2, 2005. Michael Jackson was portrayed Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith RG/HK 

Pop star Michael Jackson returns from a break in his child molestation trial at Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, California June 2, 2005. Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best known entertainers. The superstar did not take the witness stand, where he would have faced cross-examination about accusations of inappropriate behavior with young boys dating back more than a decade. REUTERS/Eric Neitzel/POOL TG/GN 

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commisssioner Guiliano Zaccardelli delivers his speech during the launch of the Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS), jointly developed by Microsoft Canada, the RCMP and the Toronto Police Service, during a news conference in Toronto, April 7, 2005. The CETS system will be made freely available by Microsoft to international police agencies to help co-ordinate and track online child predators and pedophiles. REUTERS/Mike Cassese MC/HB 

Microsoft Canada President David Hemler delivers his speech during the launch of the Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS), jointly developed by Microsoft Canada, the RCMP and the Toronto Police Service, during a news conference in Toronto, April 7, 2005. The CETS system will be made freely available by Microsoft to international police agencies to help co-ordinate and track online child predators and pedophiles. REUTERS/Mike Cassese MC/HB 

Microsoft Canada President David Hemler (L) and former Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino, listen to questions during the launch of the Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS), jointly developed by Microsoft Canada, the RCMP and the Toronto Police Service, during a news conference inToronto, April 7, 2005. The CETS system will be made freely available by Microsoft to international police agencies to help co-ordinate and track online child predators and pedophiles. REUTERS/Mike Cassese MC 

Microsoft Canada President David Hemler (L) and former Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino, listen to questions during the launch of the Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS), jointly developed by Microsoft Canada, the RCMP and the Toronto Police Service, during a news conference inToronto, April 7, 2005. The CETS system will be made freely available by Microsoft to international police agencies to help co-ordinate and track online child predators and pedophiles. REUTERS/Mike Cassese MC/HB 

Actor Kevin Bacon listens to questions a news conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. Bacon and [wife Kyra Sedgwick], star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. 

Actor Kevin Bacon and wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick listen to questions a news conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. The couple star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. 

Actress Kyra Sedgwick answers questions during a press conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. [Sedgwick and husband Kevin Bacon] star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. 

Actress Kyra Sedgwick answers questions during a press conference January 19, 2004 in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival. Sedgwick and husband Kevin Bacon star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser PP04010055 FSP/CRB 

Actor Benjamin Bratt greets the audience at a news conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. Bratt, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Seedgwick, star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard,. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser PP04010055 FSP 

Actor Kevin Bacon listens to questions a news conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard,. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP 

Actor Kevin Bacon and wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick listen to questions a news conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. The couple star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard,. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP 

Actress Kyra Sedgwick answers questions during a press conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. Sedgwick and husband Kevin Bacon star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard,. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP 

Actor Kevin Bacon and wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick pose in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. The couple star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard,. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser PP04010055 FSP 

Actor Kevin Bacon and wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick listen to questions a news conference in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19, 2004. The couple star in the film "The Woodsman" which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison after 12 years and takes a job in a woodyard,. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP 

Actor Kevin Bacon answers questions during a news conference in Park City, Utah January 19, 2004 at the Sundance Film Festival. Bacon costars in the film "The Woodsman," which tells the story of a pedophile who tries to start a new life after being released from prison and takes a job in a lumber yard. The film is in competition at the festival which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. REUTERS/Fred Prouser PP04010055 FSP/SV 

Massachusetts Department of Corrections officers stand outside the
prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, where Father John Geoghan, 67, was
killed by another inmate August 23, 2003. Father Geoghan, who was
accused of sexually assaulting over 100 children, was serving a
sentence for his March 2002 conviction of sexually assaulting a boy in
his parish. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

BS 

Attorney Roderick MacLeish Jr. (L) comforts his client, Christopher Fulchino (R), as Fulchino breaks down and cries after speaking at a Boston news conference held by abuse survivors December 13, 2002 to address the resignation of Roman Catholic [Cardinal Bernard Law] as Archbishop of Boston. [Fulchino, who found out today, on his 26th birthday, that Law had resigned, was a childhood abuse victim of convicted pedophile priest Father John Geoghan, while his father Thomas Fulchino was a victim of convicted abuser Father James Porter.] 

Thomas Fulchino (L) comforts his son Christopher Fulchino as he speaks
to a Boston news conference held by abuse survivors, December 13, 2002
to address the resignation of Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law as
Archbishop of Boston. Christopher Fulchino was a childhood abuse victim
of convicted pedophile priest Father John Geoghan, while his father
Thomas Fulchino was a childhood victim of convicted abuser Father James
Porter. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB/ME 

Childhood clergy sexual abuse survivor Christopher Fulchino (L) smiles
as he talks to another participant at a Boston news conference held by
abuse victims December 13, 2002 to address the resignation of Roman
Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law as Archbishop of Boston. Fulchino, who
found out on his 26th birthday that Cardinal Law had resigned, was a
victim of convicted pedophile priest Father John Geoghan, while his
father Thomas Fulchino was a victim of convicted abuser Father James
Porter. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB/HB 

Prominent victims rights advocate Paula Ford (L), whose son Gregory
Ford was allegedly abused by Father Paul Shanley, hugs Christopher
Fulchino (R), a victim of convicted pedophile priest Father John
Geoghan, during a Boston news conference held by abuse survivors
December 13, 2002 to address the resignation of Roman Catholic Cardinal
Bernard Law as Archbishop of Boston. Fulchino, who found out on his
26th birthday that Law had resigned, was a childhood abuse victim of
Geoghan, while his father Thomas Fulchino was a victim of convicted
abuser Father James Porter. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB/HB 

Attorney Roderick MacLeish Jr. (L) comforts his client, Christopher
Fulchino (R), as Fulchino breaks down and cries after speaking at a
Boston news conference held by abuse survivors December 13, 2002 to
address the resignation of Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law as
Archbishop of Boston. Fulchino, who found out today, on his 26th
birthday, that Law had resigned, was a childhood abuse victim of
convicted pedophile priest Father John Geoghan, while his father Thomas
Fulchino was a victim of convicted abuser Father James Porter.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB/HB 

Accused Roman Catholic pedophile priest Reverand Paul Shanley, awaiting trial on charges he abused young boys while a priest in the Boston Archdiocese, appears at a pre-trial hearing on December 11, 2002 in Cambridge, Massachusetts before being freed on bail. Shanley was set free after posting $300,000 cash bail raised by friends, relatives and supporters. 

Protesters from several groups demonstrate outside the Middlesex
Superior Courthouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts December 11, 2002 as
accused Roman Catholic pedophile priest Paul Shanley is released on
bail. Shanley was freed while awaiting trial on charges he abused young
boys while a priest in the Boston Archdiocese after posting $300,000
cash bail raised by friends, relatives and supporters. REUTERS/Brian
Snyder

JRB/ME 

Accused Roman Catholic pedophile priest Reverand Paul Shanley, awaiting
trial on charges he abused young boys while a priest in the Boston
Archdiocese, appears at a pre-trial hearing December 11, 2002 in
Cambridge, Massachusetts before being freed on bail. Shanley was set
free after posting $300,000 cash bail raised by friends, relatives and
supporters. REUTERS/POOL-Nancy Lane

JRB/ME 

Phil de'Albuquerque (top) and John Harris (bottom) hold signs outside
the Middlesex Superior Courthouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts December
11, 2002 where Rev. Paul Shanley was released from custody on bail
today. Shanley, an accused pedophile priest at the heart of a clergy
sexual abuse crisis in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, walked
out of jail on Wednesday after an unidentified group of friends raised
bail to free him. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

BS 

Roman Catholic Reverand Paul Shanley leaves the Middlesex Superior
Courthouse with his possessions in a plastic garbage bag December 11,
2002 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Rev. Paul Shanley, an accused
pedophile priest at the heart of a clergy sexual abuse crisis in the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, walked out of jail on Wednesday
after an unidentified group of friends raised bail to free him.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Roman Catholic Reverand Paul Shanley leaves the Middlesex Superior
Courthouse with his possessions in a plastic garbage bag December 11,
2002 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Rev. Paul Shanley, an accused
pedophile priest at the heart of a clergy sexual abuse crisis in the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, walked out of jail on Wednesday
after an unidentified group of friends raised bail to free him.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Roman Catholic Reverand Paul Shanley leaves the Middlesex Superior
Courthouse with his possessions in a plastic garbage bag December 11,
2002 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Rev. Paul Shanley, an accused
pedophile priest at the heart of a clergy sexual abuse crisis in the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, walked out of jail on Wednesday
after an unidentified group of friends raised bail to free him.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Cardinal Bernard Law of the Boston Archdioceses holds up a letter to
U.S. President George W. Bush addressing the Iraq situation during
press conference at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops annual
meeting in Washington, November 12, 2002. Reform-minded Catholics
lashed out on Tuesday against the U.S. church's response to the
pedophile priest scandal, demanding accountability from bishops who
knowingly moved abusive clerics to unsuspecting parishes.
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

BM/ME 

Defense attorney Mitchell Garabedian poses a qusetion to Cardinal Law a
deposition in Boston's Suffolk Superior Court, August 2, 2002.
Garabedian, who represents 86 plaintiffs who accuse Law and others in
the archdiocese in a civil suit of covering up abuse by defrocked
priest and convicted pedophile John Geoghan, questioned Law about his
role in the decision to renege on the deal. REUTERS/George
Martell/POOL

GM/SV 

Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law (C) talks with his public relations aide Father Christopher Coyne (L) and his defense attorneys Wilson Rogers Jr. (second from R) and J. Owen Todd (R) as he arrives at a building on the grounds of the Cardinal's residence in Boston for the first day of a second round of depositions in a lawsuit brought against the church over alleged sexual child abuse by clergy July 18, 2002. The lawsuit was brought by alleged victims of convicted pedophile priest John Geoghan and accuses Law and the Boston Archdiocse of failing to protect children from repeated sexual abuse by priests. 

Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law (R) walks with his
personal aide John Connolly (L) as he makes his way back to his
residence in Boston, July 18, 2002. Lawyers for the alleged victims of
convicted pedophile priest John Geoghan questioned the Cardinal about a
proposed settlement with 86 victims that the Archdiocese of Boston
recently withdrew from saying that it could not afford to pay.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Father Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for Boston's Roman Catholic
Cardinal Bernard Law, calls another church official on his cell phone
in front of a painting of the Virgin Mary after speaking to the media
at a news conference about the Cardinal's deposition July 18, 2002.
Coyne said that lawyers for the alleged victims of convicted pedophile
priest John Geoghan primarily questioned the Cardinal about a proposed
settlement with 86 of the alleged victims that the Archdiocese of
Boston withdrew from recently saying that it could not afford payment.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law walks back to his
residence in Boston after being deposed by lawyers for alleged clergy
child sex abuse victims July 18, 2002. Lawyers for the alleged victims
of convicted pedophile priest John Geoghan questioned the Cardinal
about a proposed settlement with 86 victims that the Archdiocese of
Boston recently withdrew from saying that it could not afford to pay.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Mark Keane (L) and Patrick McSorley (R), victims of convicted pedophile
priest John Geoghan, speak to the media before attending a deposition
of Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal, Bernard Law, July 18, 2002, on the
grounds of the Cardinal's residence in Boston. Law is starting a second
round of depositions in a lawsuit brought against the church by
McSorley, Keane and victims over alleged sexual child abuse by clergy.
The lawsuit accuses Law and the Boston Archdiocse of failing to protect
children from repeated sexual abuse by priests. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law (L) talks with his defense
attorney Wilson Rogers Jr. (R) July 18, 2002 as they walk together on
the grounds of the Cardinal's residence in the Brighton neighborhood of
Boston. Law was arriving for the first day of a second round of
depositions in a lawsuit brought against the church over alleged sexual
child abuse by clergy. The lawsuit was brought by alleged victims of
convicted pedophile priest John Geoghan and accuses Law and the Boston
Archdiocse of failing to protect children from repeated sexual abuse by
priests. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

JRB 

Boston's Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law (C) talks with his public
relations aide Father Christopher Coyne (L) and his defense attorneys
Wilson Rogers Jr. (second from R) and J. Owen Todd (R) as he arrives at
a building on the grounds of the Cardinal's residence in Boston for the
first day of a second round of depositions in a lawsuit brought against
the church over alleged sexual child abuse by clergy July 18, 2002. The
lawsuit was brought by alleged victims of convicted pedophile priest
John Geoghan and accuses Law and the Boston Archdiocse of failing to
protect children from repeated sexual abuse by priests. REUTERS/Jim
Bourg

JRB 

A statue of St. Joseph is placed at the entrance of the ballroom where
bishop's gathered for a morning prayer service, on the last day of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in Dallas, Texas, June
15, 2002. Seeking to rebuild confidence in a church rocked by a sex
abuse scandal, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops agreed Friday to bar
pedophile priests from acting as clerics, but stopped short of
automatically expelling them from the priesthood. REUTERS/Amy E. Conn

AEC/GN 

Bishop Wilton D. Gregory (L), Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating and Joseph
Galante (R), Coadjutor of Dallas, attend a news conference at the
conclusion of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, June
14, 2002 in Dallas, Texas. The bishop's voted 239-13 in favor to bar
pedophile priests from acting as clerics. REUTERS/Amy E. Conn

AEC/ME 

Bishop Wilton Gregory makes a statement after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted in a new policy on sexual abuse June 14, 2002. [The bishops agreed on a new policy that will forbid pedophile priests from ever again acting as clerics -- but not expel them from the priesthood.] 

Bishop Kevin Farrel of Washington state (L) shows his ballot to Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted in a new policy on sexual abuse, June 14, 2002. [The bishops agreed on a new policy that will forbid pedophile priests from ever again acting as clerics - but not expel them from the priesthood.] 

Melissa Corts holds her confirmation photo during a press conference
following the bishop's 239-13 vote in favor to bar pedophile priest
from acting as clerics during the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops in Dallas, Texas, June 14, 2002. Branding sexual abuse "a
cancer" on their church, U.S. Catholic bishops agreed Friday to bar
pedophile priests from acting as clerics, but stopped short of
automatically expelling them from the priesthood. REUTERS/Amy E. Conn

AEC 

David Clohessy (L) and Mark Vincent Serrano, both victims and members
of the Survivors Network For Those Abused by Priest (SNAP), embrace
following the bishop's 239-13 vote in favor to bar pedophile priest
from acting as clerics during the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops Friday, June 14, 2002 in Dallas, Texas. REUTERS/Amy E. Conn

AEC/GN 

A portion of the text from "The Charter for the Protection of Children
and Young People" norms to be sent to the Vatican for approval, after
the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted in a new policy on sexual
abuse, June 14, 2002. The bishops agreed on a new policy that will
forbid pedophile priests from ever again acting as clerics - but not
expel them from the priesthood. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

RTW 

Bishop Wilton Gregory makes a statement after the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops voted in a new policy on sexual abuse June 14, 2002.
The bishops agreed on a new policy that will forbid pedophile priests
from ever again acting as clerics - but not expel them from the
priesthood.

REUTERS/Rick Wilking 

Bishop Wilton Gregory applauds after the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops voted in a new policy on sexual abuse June 14, 2002. The
bishops agreed on a new policy that will forbid pedophile priests from
ever again acting as clerics - but not expel them from the priesthood.
REUTERS/Rick Wilking

RTW