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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse will be sentenced to prison on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in an Australia landmark case that has polarized observers. Some described the prosecution as proof the church is no longer above the law, while others suspect Cardinal George Pell has been made a scapegoat for the church’s sins. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

Sex abuse convictions of Australia cardinal prove polarizing

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Cardinal George Pell leaves the County Court in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

The Latest: Vatican says Pell is no longer economy minister

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2016 file photo, former Bishop of Oran Gustavo Zanchetta participates in negotiations with border workers in Oran, Salta, Argentina. The Associated Press reported in January 2019 that the Vatican received indications of inappropriate behavior by Zanchetta in 2015 and again in 2017, with reports from his former vicars and the seminary rector. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan, File)

Gustavo Zanchetta, Argentine bishop in scandal, may reflect on Pope Francis

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass to conclude his extraordinary summit of Catholic leaders summoned to Rome for a tutorial on preventing clergy sexual abuse and protecting children from predator priests. The Mass was celebrated Sunday in the Sala Regia, one of the grand, frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace. (Giuseppe Lami/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis ends sex abuse summit without offering concrete protocols

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Pope Francis prays at the beginning of the third day of a Vatican's conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

The Latest: Sex abuse victims speak of lost childhoods

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Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican for a audience with pilgrims coming from the diocese of Benevento, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The Latest: Cardinal condemns how church handles sex abuse

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BishopAccountability.org group Director Phil Saviano, left, and Co-Director Anne Barrett Doyle, attend a press conference at the foreign press association in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The Latest: Son of priest meets with Vatican investigator

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BishopAccountability.org group Director Phil Saviano, left, and Co-Director Anne Barrett Doyle, attend a press conference at the foreign press association in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican holds sex abuse summit

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

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What is in the pope’s hand?

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

FILE - In this April 23, 2002 file photo Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of Washington, waves as he arrives at the Vatican in a limousine. On Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 the Vatican announced Pope Francis defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

The Latest: Cardinal calls McCarrick punishment ‘important’

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick poses during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome. On Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 the Vatican announced Pope Francis defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 23, 2002 file photo Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of Washington, waves as he arrives at the Vatican in a limousine. On Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 the Vatican announced Pope Francis defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)

McCarrick’s rise through church hierarchy began as altar boy

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FILE- In this file photo from Oct. 17, 2018, survivors of child sexual abuse hug in the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. while awaiting legislation to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. Lawmakers have returned to the Pennsylvania Capitol for 2019 sessions, but they have yet to revisit a response to child sexual abuse scandals since the debate's late-night collapse that closed last year's final voting day. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)

Catholic priests should be allowed to marry

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pope Francis hugs Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar, after an Interreligious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Pope Francis has asserted in the first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula that religious leaders have a duty to reject all war and commit themselves to dialogue. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Girl approaches pope as he enters UAE stadium

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Pope Francis greets Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar, after an Interreligious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Pope Francis has asserted in the first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula that religious leaders have a duty to reject all war and commit themselves to dialogue. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis caps visit to Arabian Peninsula with historic Mass

By Nicole Winfield and Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

The Latest: Pope, senior Muslim cleric pledge hope for peace

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass with members of religious institutions on the occasion of the celebration of the XXIII world day of consecrated life in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Pope on first papal visit to Arabian Peninsula

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Youth greet Pope Francis as he arrives in his popemobile in the metro park Campo San Juan Pablo II, in Panama City, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, to celebrate an early morning Mass. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The Latest: Pope departs for Rome, ending Panama visit

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Pope Francis reads during the Way of the Cross, at Campo Santa Maria La Antigua on the occasion of the World Youth Day, in Panama City, Panama, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope challenged on sex abuse as young take stage in Panama

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Catholic faithful stand outside the Apostolic Nunciature hoping to get a glimpse of Pope Francis, in Panama City, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. Francis will turn his attention to the country's priests and religious sisters on Saturday as he reaches the midway point in his five-day Central American visit. (AP Photo/Tito Herrera)

The Latest: Vatican: 600K attend pope’s vigil in Panama

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