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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has told bishops around the world that it is important to cooperate with police in reporting priests who rape and molest children and asked them to develop guidelines for preventing sex abuse by next May.
But Monday’s letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made no provision to ensure that bishops actually follow the guidelines. Victims groups immediately denounced the recommendations as “dangerously flawed,” saying they stress the exclusive authority of bishops to determine the credibility of abuse allegations.
