Church to Establish New Policy for Sexual Abuse by Bishops

Move comes after a number of new allegations in the U.S. have rocked the Roman Catholic church

Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. announced a series of new policies Wednesday for dealing with sexual-abuse accusations, the first concrete change they have publicly made since a series of new allegations this year plunged the church into crisis.

While the church has had a system for dealing with complaints against priests since 2002, there was previously no formal method to address complaints against bishops, who oversaw that process.

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