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Father Alex Crow, a disgraced and defrocked priest, allegedly met the victim when she was an underage congregant.

Personal wrongdoing. insisting he only served as archbishop of munich for less than five years in the late '70s and '80s. but acknowledging mistakes in how abuse cases were handled. offering his heartfelt request for forgiveness. i've had great responsibilities in the catholic church, he writes. all the greater is my pain for the abuses and the errors that occurred in those different places during the time. benedict's letter follows an independent german investigation that found then cardinal ratzinger failed to act against four abusive priests in munich. some survivors of clerical abuse say t...

Priests abusing children. a story you've like ly heard before but there is something you may not know. powerful institutions within the catholic church are free to self-police and a year long cnn investigation reveals one of these institutions, the second biggest catholic religious order in the world has repeatedly failed to protect children from pedophile priests. yam l traveled to europe, africa and the united states for her report tonight, abuse and scandal in the catholic church, the case of the predator priest. we have a warning. parts of this report may be disstressing to come viewers. >...

Within the catholic church that are free to self-police. and a year-long cnn investigation reveals that one of those institutions, the second largest catholic religious order in the world, has repeatedly failed to protect children from pedophile priests. cnn's senior international correspondent nama al baggar travels to europe, africa and the utes for her disturbing cnn special report abuse and scandal in the catholic church, the case of the predator priest. this report features themes that some viewers may find distressing. >> reporter: we're tracking down a convicted pedophile priest, father...

Guilty, faces up to 48 years in prison. number five, disgraced media mogul harvey weinstein charged. he was considered hollywood royalty. but in the wake of the me too movement, dozens of women came forward accusing harvey weinstein of sexual assault. >> there's so much power and money and prestige in hollywood in handcuffs right there. >> weinstein was charged with six counts of criminal sexual acts, including two counts of rape. >> he has vehemently denied any of the allegations. >> in october one charge was dropped because of inconsistencies with an accuser's story. five charges remain. ...