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April
LAYING DOWN THE LAW (The text of the statement released after the extraordinary two-day meeting held at the Vatican)
On April 23-24, 2002, an extraordinary meeting was held in the Vatican between the Cardinals of the United States and the leadership of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops and the heads of several offices of the Holy See on the subject of the sexual abuse of minors.
The meeting was called with three goals in mind:
– on the part of the American bishops, to inform the Holy See about the difficulties which they have faced in recent months,
– on the part of the Roman Dicasteries, to