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Bishop launches petition for global Catholic abuse council Posted: 04 Jun 2013 09:56 AM PDT By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor (Reuters) - A retired Australian bishop urged Roman Catholics around the world on Tuesday to sign an online petition to Pope Francis to call a new global council to take effective measures to end the sexual abuse of children in the Church. Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, a former auxiliary bishop of Sydney who coordinated the Australian church's response to the sexual abuse crisis, said only a council of the world's bishops would have the power to make the changes needed. ...

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