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The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed argument yet for why it is not liable for bishops who allowed priests to molest children in the U.S., The Associated Press has learned.

A police investigation continued Thursday into a Catholic abuse scandal in Brazil, which erupted last week when a network aired a video that it said showed a priest having sex with a 19-year-old altar boy.

The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests, an expert commission reported after a probe into previously secret church records.

New York Roman Catholic Archbishop-designate Timothy Dolan said Wednesday that his new pulpit may carry a high profile, but he resolved to remain the "same kind of priest and preacher" he's been for three decades.