31.   Their remarks followed fresh allegations of child sex abuse involving priests on both sides of the border that divides this predominantly Catholic island.

32.   He said he was appalled by several recent cases involving priests in Ireland and Ulster charged with molesting youngsters.

33.   Hong Kong police Tuesday disclosed details of six reported cases of child sex abuse involving priests of the Catholic Church here.

34.   Another Globe investigation revealed several judges kept some cases of pedophilia involving priests off their dockets and sealed the files from public scrutiny.

35.   Filipino bishops last week apologized to their flock for the sex abuse cases involving priests which has rocked the church in the United States.

36.   Meanwhile, lawyer and former government minister George Birmingham is continuing his investigation into the handling of abuse cases involving priests in the Ferns diocese.

37.   Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines said Monday they are preparing protocols on paedophilia and other immoral acts involving priests amid a sex scandal involving the US clergy.

38.   The case is the latest in a number of reports of sexual abuse involving priests which have rocked the Catholic Church worldwide.