(Patrick Semansky | The Associated Press) In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. Recent revelations of sexual misconduct and cover-up in the U.S. Catholic Church have revived the sense of betrayal that devastated the American church's credibility after the first wave of scandal hit in 2002. But the U.S. is by no means alone: Revelations of Catholic priests who raped and molested children, and of bishops who covered up for them, have erupted on nearly every continent in recent years.
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