61.   Msgr. Claudio Giuliodori, a spokesman for the Italian bishops, said Italy had no mandatory procedures for sexual abuse cases.

62.   Mulrenin said his unit is treating each clergy sex abuse case just like it would treat any other sex abuse allegation.

63.   Most of the abuse cases now emerging around the country occurred too long ago to prosecute because of statutes of limitation.

64.   Much of what he does is in the realm of custody, and that often entails abuse cases.

65.   New Mexico became ground zero for an explosion of sexual abuse cases.

66.   Not surprisingly, then, domestic abuse cases have been settled in a patchwork of decisions.

67.   Next year, degree in hand, Ward will look for work in family law, or perhaps as a prosecutor in abuse cases.

68.   On the surface, the two child abuse cases have a terrible symmetry.

69.   On Tuesday and Wednesday, the cardinals will meet with the pope and other top Vatican officials to set some guidelines for dealing with abuse cases.

70.   Outraged and revolted, particularly by the rape and fatal assault of Emily Hernandez, nine months old, Connecticut abruptly changed the way it handled child abuse cases.