The blocked vote stunned abuse survivors and other Catholics who were demanding action from U.S. bishops to address clergy sex abuse and cover-up. Ouellet's letter undermines the version of events provided by the conference president, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. He said the Vatican wanted them to delay a vote until after Francis hosts a global summit in February on preventing sex abuse by priests. While DiNardo blamed the Vatican, the letter from Ouellet suggests that the Vatican felt that DiNardo had tried to pull a fast one by intentionally withholding legally problematic texts until the last minute. During a Nov. 12 press conference, DiNardo was asked when the Vatican was actually consulted about the measures.

Source: Fox News January 01, 2019 15:00 UTC