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Bishop apologizes for role in hiding priest abuse

January 23, 2013 RSS Feed Print

Deputy District Attorney William Hodgman said investigators had insufficient evidence to fill in a timeline stretching over 20 years hampered by the statute of limitations. He did not return a call or email seeking comment Tuesday.

The U.S. Attorney's Office convened a grand jury in 2009 to hear evidence, but it yielded no indictments. It was unclear Tuesday if that grand jury was still sitting and a spokesman declined to comment.

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Associated Press writer MaryClaire Dale in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

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