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| Vatican approves policy on sex abuse in clergy. | |
| The Vatican gave its approval Monday to the revised U.S. bishops' | |
| policy to combat sex abuse in the clergy, declaring the need to restore the | |
| image of the priesthood in a scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church. | |
| The policy allows bishops to conduct a confidential, | |
| preliminary inquiry when a molestation claim is made to determine whether | |
| it is plausible. If it is, the accused priest is to be put on leave and then | |
| must go before a clerical tribunal to determine his guilt or innocence. | |
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