21.   Corning will hold a hearing to consider the domestic abuse claims.

22.   Doyle said when he worked at the embassy, he regularly sent information about sex abuse claims to Vatican administrators.

23.   He has repeatedly fought abuse claims from women, including his first wife, actress Robin Givens.

24.   Illegal immigrants, long with little recourse against workplace discrimination or harassment, will no longer have abuse claims hampered by a lack of citizenship, federal officials say.

25.   In a statement Thursday, Weakland denied the abuse claims.

26.   Law enforcement authorities have responded to the crisis by pressuring dioceses to turn over records of abuse claims.

27.   She has denied the child abuse claims.

28.   The lawsuit also names all U.S. bishops, alleging a conspiracy to keep abuse claims secret, often through hushed financial settlements with victims.

29.   The probes ended without charges after the Jackson reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with lawyers for the boy making the sexual abuse claim.

30.   Dioceses across the country have recently been involved in a growing trend to adopt increasingly strict policies regarding the reporting of abuse claims against priests.