The priest abused two more boys and was sent to prison in 1999.

Her group represents 4,500 people across the country who say they were abused by priests.

And the church faces almost 500 lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused by priests.

On Thursday, the bishops heard moving public testimony from three men who were abused as boys by priests.

Should any priest sexually abuse a child, he will be removed from pastoral ministry.

Testimony suggesting that priests at the church may have abused over 10 children has shocked this small town of 2,000.

He agreed that priests and teachers who touched children sexually were abusing their authority.

Victims' groups estimate that priests from religious orders have abused thousands of Catholics.

A few members of a support group for people abused by priests protested his return quietly outside the church, on the city's South Side.

After demands to do so, Foley privately identified the priest he alleged had abused him as a child.