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1 September 2018

US priest sex victims urge Vatican to publish list of accused

WASHINGTON: US groups representing survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have called on the Vatican to publish a list of clerics accused of sexual assault. The calls came after Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a former Vatican envoy to Washington, dropped an 11-page bombshell letter on Saturday accusing Pope Francis of ignoring sexual abuse allegations against prominent US cardinal Theodore McCarrick. The 88-year-old former archbishop of Washington -- one of the most senior Catholic leaders to face abuse allegations -- resigned as cardinal in late July even as he denied the charges.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2018/aug/31/us-priest-sex-victims-urge-vatican-to-publish-list-of-accused-1865480.html