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	Vatican Calls on Bishops to Report Abuse Herald Sun May 16, 2011 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/vatican-calls-on-bishops-to-report-abuse/story-e6frf7jx-1226057044627 THE Vatican has told bishops around the world it's important to cooperate with police in reporting priests who rape and molest children. The bishops should develop by next May guidelines for preventing sex abuse, the Vatican says. But the suggestions in the letter today from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith are vague and non-binding and fall far short of recommending the tough US-style norms that bar a credibly accused priest from ministry while his case is investigated. The document marks the latest effort by the Vatican to show it's serious about rooting out priestly pedophiles and preventing abuse following the eruption on a global scale of the abuse scandal last year with thousands of victims coming forward.
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