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	Vatican Dispute "No Report" Claims Press Association January 19, 2011 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gciU593Ax8fyS_WzOOm2VnR-tEXA?docId=N0248141295451216029A The Vatican has disputed allegations it ordered Irish bishops in 1997 not to report paedophile priests to the authorities. A strictly confidential letter leaked by a bishop revealed the Catholic hierarchy had serious reservations about mandatory reporting of child sex abuse cases to the police. Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Holy See, claimed the edict was not intended to give church rules priority over civil law.
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