1.   A clergy sexual abuse scandal toppled the Fianna Fail-Labor coalition government a few weeks ago.

2.   But the ongoing clergy abuse scandal should be more than an opportunity to score political points in a PR war.

3.   Hopefully, it does not come at the expense of more legally practical and politically viable reforms in the wake of the Boston clergy abuse scandal.

4.   His pretrial testimony in the Shanley case shed new light on several aspects of the mushrooming clergy sexual abuse scandal.

5.   In May, in response to the clergy sexual abuse scandal, Massachusetts law was changed to include clergy as mandated reporters.

6.   Q. As you know, the dominant issue when it comes to churches today, has to do with the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic church.

7.   The cardinal ordinarily sends a letter to Catholics on Easter, but decided to move up the letter this year because of the clergy sexual abuse scandal.

8.   The unfolding clergy sexual abuse scandal has become the biggest crisis to hit the Catholic Church in the United States in recent memory.

9.   Law issued the order from Rome on Wednesday night while discussing the clergy sex abuse scandal with Pope John Paul II.

10.   Since the national clergy sex abuse scandal broke in January, many bishops have publicly apologized for abuse by priests or urged victims to come forward.