1.   The area bishops supported a policy not to reassign priests who have abused minors, no matter how long ago the abuse might have occurred, Galante said.

2.   The current scandal erupted in January with news that Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston repeatedly reassigned two priests he knew to be sexually abusing minors.

3.   They say they will remove abusive priests, but they made no policy to remove bishops or cardinals who reassign abusive priests.

4.   Boston became the epicenter of the scandal when it was disclosed that church leaders there had repeatedly reassigned a priest accused of abusing children.

5.   Boston became the epicenter of the sexual abuse controversy in January, when published reports disclosed that Law and other church leaders had reassigned a priest accused of pedophilia.

6.   He had been criticized for reassigning accused priests to other churches.

7.   If the priest were reassigned, the church would publicize his past offenses.

8.   Law has been under public pressure to step down after it was disclosed that church leaders in Boston repeatedly reassigned a priest accused of abusing children.

9.   The latest sexual abuse controversy began in January, when published reports disclosed that Law and other church leaders had reassigned a priest accused of pedophilia.