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November 11, 2014

Pope sets up new body to speed handling of sex abuse appeals

Mark Vincent Healy shakes hands with Pope Francis at the Vatican July 7. Healy, one of six abuse survivors who met the pope during a private meeting. The Pope has set up a special body to speed up the process of hearing and ruling on appeals of priests disciplined for abuse.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has established a special body within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to speed up the process of hearing and ruling on appeals filed by priests laicized or otherwise disciplined in sexual abuse or other serious cases.

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