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the situation. these students may now face expulsion. the die sei diocese released a statement saying this behavior is opposed to the church's teachings. but the student at the center of the controversy claims a look at all of the video tells a different story. sara sidner has more for us. >> reporter: the catholic high school student who comes face-to-face with a native american elder in a viral video is now responding. in a statement nick says the viral video does not reglekts the true nature of events when students arrived at the lincoln memorial. we noticed four african-american protesters who were also on the steps of the memorial he said, the protest toshs said hateful things. indeed a small group of black men who identify as hebrew israel it
2005. and bishopaccountability.org, which tracks these abuse cases, say what's different here is the d.a. by ways of the grand jury followed up to see what the die sei diocese here in philadelphia is doing, and that raises questions about what other diocese around the country is doing. >> what happens next to these priests, mary? >> reporter: what happens now is these 21 priests who were put on leave yesterday t district attorney says that in these cases the statute of limitations have run out. now it's up to the church to discipline these priests if it's going to continue its investigation. the d.a. also said if any other victims come forward with allegations that are within the statute of limitationlimitation. will prosecute. the former pilot is speaking out to cnn about imposing a no-fly zone over the country
one was already on leave, two incapacitated and two no longer in the diocese. >> once again, we renew our commitment to make every effort possible to prevent these evil acts and to protect children from harm. >> protesters representing victims of sexual abuse by priests weren't swayed by the cardinal's apology. >> we think it's belated. it's the bare minimum. >> reporter: last month a grand jury report concluded 37 priests with credible allegations of sexual abuse. three priests were charged with alleged sexual assault of minors. a church leader responsible for investigating a abuse reports was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. of the rest, regali at the time assured none were still active. but just days later, three priests were put on leave. around the same time, the cardinal hired former prosecutor gina smith, who has experience in child abuse cases to
service. what's going on, mary? >> reporter: wolf, today the 21 priests put on leave were named as individual churches told parishioners who was on the list. they say the number of suspensions in a single day is unprecedented. as the faithful back the basilica, cardinal justin regali addressed the sex abuse scandal within his ranks. >> we are especially conscious of the grave sins of sexual abuse committed against minors, in particular ly by members of the clergy. churnls throughout philadelphia learned if their priests were among 2 t 21. several others would have been included, says the diocese, but