By Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The priest sex abuse scandal that shook the U.S. Roman Catholic church to its foundations two years ago could turn out to be a key issue as
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Victims of clerical sexual abuse are campaigning against the front-runner for next president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop William Skylstad of
Skylstad's diocese announced just days ago it planned to declare bankruptcy to shield itself from lawsuits launched by those who say priests abused them.
One victims' group, Survivors Network of those abused by Priests, known as SNAP, took the symbolic step of endorsing an alternate candidate for the top job, Bishop Blase Cupich of
"We don't know as much about him as we'd like," said David Clohessy, SNAP's national director . "But in an odd sort of way, that's a good thing," indicating that Cupich had not been tarnished by the scandal.
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