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LINCOLN, Neb. -- At a time when Roman Catholic bishops are submitting their dioceses to unprecedented scrutiny because of the clerical sex abuse crisis, the leader of about 90,000 faithful in Nebraska is among the hierarchy's few public dissenters.
Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln won't require background checks of all current employees and volunteers who have regular contact with children. Nor will Bishop Bruskewitz let his diocese participate in a study designed to tally every priestly abuse case in the country since 1950.See the full content of this document
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Sex Abuse Policy Ignored
For these actions, Bishop Bruskewitz's diocese was recently declared out of compliance with the toughened sex abuse policy that American bishops approved overwhelmingly in 2002.
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