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Vatican mulls how to protect impaired adults (AP)

July 7th, 2010

Bishops conference spokesman Eric De Beukelaer attends a news conference in Brussels July 7, 2010. Police questioned Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the former head of Belgium's Catholic Church, on Tuesday as a witness in an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by priests. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)AP - As the Vatican grapples with how to sanction priests who rape children, it has also mulled how to punish priests who sexually abuse mentally impaired adults, The Associated Press has learned.


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