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Vatican sex abuse summit seeks new culture of accountability

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, right, and Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley listen to reporters' questions at a media briefing during a four-day sex abuse summit called by Pope Francis, in Rome, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Cardinals attending Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse called Friday for a new culture of accountability in the Catholic Church to punish bishops and religious superiors when they fail to protect their flocks from predator priests.