Tuesday, December 14, 2004

VOTF & SNAP "rankled" by Audit Plan

Two victim advocacy groups accused Roman Catholic bishops Monday of abandoning their pledge to root out sexually abusive clergy by reducing the number of U.S. dioceses that will receive full, onsite audits of their child protection programs next year.

The Survivors' Network and Voice of the Faithful have asked the National Review Board, the lay watchdog panel the bishops created, to intervene. Nicholas Cafardi, the board chairman and dean of Duquesne University Law School in Pittsburgh, could not immediately be reached for comment.
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