1.   According to the Post account, a lawyer for Martinelli asked Egan if he would suspend any priest who was discovered to have sexually assaulted a minor.

2.   But one of its recommendations was that bishops should protect themselves in case of a legal challenge by temporarily suspending a priest against whom credible allegations had been made.

3.   The rules do not prevent bishops from temporarily suspending accused priests in an investigation.

4.   A Roman Catholic priest has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor, the Diocese of Charleston has announced.

5.   Nine active priests have been suspended.

6.   Now, bishops can only temporarily suspend priests.

7.   Ten active priests have been suspended.

8.   The Cleveland Catholic Diocese suspended nine priests while prosecutors review past allegations that they sexually abused children.

9.   The priest was suspended from his duties by Bishop Walter Kasper of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese.

10.   The statement did not say when the alleged abuse might have taken place, when the complaint was made or when the priest was suspended.