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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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