11.   But hundreds of abusive priests remained on the job, and now the scandal is back with a fury.

12.   Catholics clearly are not reserving their anger for abusive priests, but fault church leaders for their handling of the abuse allegations.

13.   Church leaders were finally forced by the media to confront the issue of sexually abusive priests.

14.   Despite widespread disgust with the way the abusive priests have been dealt with, she said, many Catholics see an unusual opportunity to bring about change.

15.   Documents and recent interviews show that they knew about sexually abusive priests but did nothing to keep them from working in parishes with access to children.

16.   Egan has since denied that he knowingly allowed abusive priests to remain active.

17.   Fifty years ago, he told a public meeting in Yuma, he was the victim of a sexually abusive priest.

18.   First of all, the report is woefully silent about what should be done to punish bishops who have protected abusive priests.

19.   Flores and several other Texas bishops have said that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops still is urging the Holy See to streamline the process for defrocking abusive priests.

20.   For months, as the scandal over abusive priests unfolded in Boston, the archbishop, Cardinal Bernard Law, seemed damaged, but still in control.