Top American bishops met in the Vatican with Pope Francis on Thursday to discuss the sexual-abuse crisis that the leader of the U.S. church said has “lacerated” the church. Gibson called for a board of lay leaders, not clergy, empowered to investigate whether bishops are properly handling all allegations of abuse. Manuel La Rosa-Lopez, who was arrested in Conroe, Tex., on Tuesday on four counts of indecency with a child. The only other complaint about La Rosa-Lopez was in 2018, the archdiocese said. When he did, the church contacted Child Protective Services, and La Rosa-Lopez was arrested this week.

Source: Washington Post September 13, 2018 11:12 UTC