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German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is pictured in a 2002 file photo. (CNS photo from Catholic Press photo)

Benedict remembered for role in pushing US bishops to confront clergy abuse

One of the first tasks of the U.S. bishops' lay-run National Review Board was to thoroughly investigate the nature of the clergy sexual abuse and cover-up scandal in the U.S. A key ally was the future Pope Benedict XVI.

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By Claudia Lauer, Meghan Hoyer, The Associated Press

Illinois chief justice distrusts church hierarchy to police itself on abuse

By Peter Feuerherd

Pope names Gregory, designer of US bishops' abuse procedures, as Washington archbishop

By Joshua J. McElwee, Heidi Schlumpf

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Past review board members: Independent inquiry into seminarian abuse needed

Former members of the National Review Board are calling for an independent investigation of sexual abuse of seminarians and other vulnerable adults, including allegations against one of the country's most prominent church leaders, retired Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C.

ByHeidi Schlumpf

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