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Can the bishops say with absolute assurance that no priest whose crimes are reported in this study is currently serving in the priesthood in the United States?

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Can the bishops say with absolute assurance that no priest whose crimes are reported in this study is currently serving in the priesthood in the United States?

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As far as it is humanly possible to know such things, the bishops can assure the Catholic people that offenders are not in ministry. They can say with assurance that they now have in place the means of responding immediately to allegations, assisting victims, and removing offenders from ministry.