1.   And few, with the exception of a number of clergy sex abuse victims, have been granted a formal audience with the bishops.

2.   Indeed, were it not for the plaintiff attorneys, many of their defenders say, clergy abuse victims would have little means of recourse.

3.   Nearly every lawyer representing clergy sexual abuse victims has rejected the idea of a global settlement fund.

4.   The priest joined the breakaway Independent Catholic Church and had spent the last decade running a support group for clergy abuse victims.