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Bishop Lawrence T. Persico of Erie, Pa., speaks during a meeting in late January at the headquarters of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) 
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Mark Scolforo - Associated Press
Some details about what's in the report have been made public, including that it will identify more than 300 “predator priests.”
Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley speaks at a conference, "Erroneous Autonomy: The Dignity of Work," Jan. 10 at The Catholic University of America in Washington. (CNS photo/Dana Rene Bowler, The Catholic University of America)
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Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
Cardinal O'Malley said he also has appointed a group "to oversee an inquiry into the allegations made this week, the culture of the seminary regarding the personal standards expected and required of candidates for the priesthood, and any seminary issues of sexual harassment or other forms of intimidation or discrimination."
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Catholic News Service
Archbishop Gregory said Catholics are specifically "enraged" about allegations of abuse by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick and find "any pastoral negligence in protecting our people is similarly grievous."
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Danica Kirka - Associated Press
Sexual abuse at two leading Catholic schools in England was considerably higher than is reflected by conviction figures.
In this Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, Billy Ray Irick, on death row for raping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1985, appears in a Knox County criminal courtroom in Knoxville, Tenn. (Michael Patrick/The Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File)
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Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press
The execution would occur a week after Pope Francis revealed new church teaching that deems the death penalty “inadmissible” under all circumstances.
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Dealing with the reality of potential abuse and the history of clerical sexual abuse in the church is a process.