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The leader of more than 1.3 million North Texas Catholics on Thursday spoke in support of the Vatican’s new rules that require all priests and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups to church authorities. Bishop Edward J. Burns, who leads the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, said Pope Francis’ new rules establish “a clearer set of universal procedures for …

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