Bishop Malone has faced questions about how he has handled allegations of abuse against diocesan priests for more than a year.

We must not fear losing priests because we ask the right questions of our bishops.

Catholic schools and faith formation programs nationwide have had age-appropriate sexual abuse awareness training since soon after the U.S. bishops adopted the "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" in 2002.

"I'm not as bad as they paint me," McCarrick told Slate, which posted interview comments in an article Sept. 3. "I do not believe that I did the things that they accused me of."

The Boy Scouts of America is the latest of American institutions due to face an onslaught of lawsuits due to decades of sexual abuse of minors.

Victims of clergy abuse who are black say they were offered settlements far smaller than those given to white victims, an Associated Press investigation found.