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APNewsBreak: Pope’s sex abuse panel makes progress

By Nicole Winfield
Published October 6, 2014 8:30pm ET
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APNewsBreak: Pope’s sex abuse panel makes progress
Pope Francis gives a bag to Cardinal Angelo Sodano as he arrives for the afternoon session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Francis has urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start of the meeting aimed at making the church's teaching on family matters relevant to today's Catholics. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) | Alessandra Tarantino

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ sex abuse commission has made new progress after languishing for much of the past year. It approved its legal statutes, proposed new members and divided up work to focus on reaching out to survivors, holding bishops accountable and keeping pedophiles out of the priesthood, The Associated Press has learned.

The commission met over the past weekend for the third time since it was announced last December.

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