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Vatican sources gave no official reason for the meeting, which is likely to take place next week. Participants are also likely to include the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Chicago bishop Wilton Gregory and Monsignor William Fay, the Conference's general secretary, a source close to the Vatican said yesterday. In his first comments on the paedophilia crisis last month, John Paul II wrote that all priests are profoundly affected by "the sins of some of our brothers" who have succumbed to "the most grievous forms" of evil. Among the U.S. cardinals summoned to Rome are New York Archbishop Edward Egan and Boston Cardinal Bernard Law who have come under fire for covering up years of abuse by priests in their charge. Last week, Egan yielded to pressure to reverse course and hand over to city prosecutors a list of sexual abuse allegations against priests dating back decades. Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles sacked or forced into retirement several priests accused of alleged sexual misconduct or child abuse after coming under intense fire for refusing to name the priests. Since January, dozens of priests in at least 17 U.S. dioceses have been removed or suspended in cases of sexual abuse. — AFP
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