Victim advocates lobby bishops on eve of critical abuse policy

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

WASHINGTON -- On the margins of the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops' meeting, sex abuse victims pressured church leaders one last time Tuesday to toughen their policy for dealing with molesters in the clergy.

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