The church even sent priests to look for single mothers who would put their children in the institutions.

The priest abused two more boys and was sent to prison in 1999.

Her mother is killed when a new priest is sent to town.

He was helped into a bed, and a priest was sent for.

Some priests in respect of whom allegations had been made were sent to a psychologist.

It also served as a place to send priests who had "committed some kind of error."

Where should the church send newly ordained priests when they are needed everywhere?

The women had brought out the mourning clothes so recently put away after her mother's death, and the priest had been sent for.

In one instance, the official told a parish employee who reported suspicious behavior that the priest would be sent for treatment, the report said.

Catholic officials usually send abusive priests to a half-dozen or so treatment centers around the country.