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	US Bishops Vote on Abuse Study Funding Proposals The Universe [United States] October 30, 2006 http://www.totalcatholic.com/universe/index.php?news_id=1818&start=0& category_id=5&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth= US bishops will vote next month on a proposal to release one-third of the money earmarked to study the causes of clergy sexual abuse of minors in the States. Bishops accepted a proposal from by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice to conduct the study last November. If the proposal is accepted, $335,000 will be used to underwrite the first three segments of the research. The first part of the study will look at the historical context and influences on the problem, while the second component will focus on Church response to cases of sexual abuse. The proposal states that the third segment aims "to understand on an individual level, how priests with allegations of sexual abuse differ from other priests -- those with and without other problems -- as well as sex offenders who are not priests." The study, to be completed in 2009, is expected to cost $3 million, and is being described as a "ground-breaking" study into sexual abuse.
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