PRIEST-CRISIS CONFAB (Rome to review anti-molest rules)

PFMLIT CLERGY, General, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST

Vatican sources said yesterday that top U.S. Catholic bishops will come to the Vatican this weekend for talks centered on the child-sex scandals that have rocked the church.  The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Wilton Gregory, and his deputy, William Skylstad, are expected to stay for a week as part of a regular, twice-yearly visit to the Vatican by the U.S. church hierarchy.

(Vatican City)