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Bishop Gregory said the recommendations of the two-day meeting, attended by the Pope, John Paul II, reflected an attempt to make consideration for victims the highest priority, while still protecting an accused priest's right to due process. The Cardinals differed whether they should end the career of any priest accused of abusing a child years before if their subsequent behaviour was above reproach, the Bishop said in an interview with the New York Times. The question is crucial as a vast majority of child abuse victims wait years before they talk about what happened to them. "The simplest response would be, `there is no difference' between the old and new cases," he said. "However, I may find out about an incident that occurred 35 years ago, and the perpetrator has been, as far as we know, absolutely faithful in his service since then. You can understand the dilemma."Bishop Gregory said he expected that when the American Conference of Bishops meets in June, it would endorse a zero-tolerance policy for all cases of priests who abuse minors from now on. Several such cases have been reported in the U.S. in the past few months. — PTI
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