41.   The priest was accused of abusing boys for several decades.

42.   The Roman Catholic Church has already begun proceedings to defrock a priest convicted of sexually abusing boys, a spokesman for the archdiocese said Friday.

43.   Three other diocese priests were also convicted of abusing boys.

44.   Vanderlyn was accused of abusing boys for several decades.

45.   Vowing to crack down on child abuse, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga ordered a Swiss businessman deported after he was accused of sexually abusing young boys.

46.   Evidence had also meantime been emerging of priests and brothers in Roman Catholic teaching orders molesting and abusing boys in Catholic schools for years.

47.   Roman Catholic leaders here and the Austrian media called Friday for an investigation into allegations that Vienna Archbishop Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer sexually abused boys.