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Two Catholic U.S. bishops resign in child sex abuse scandal

Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of two U.S. bishops 10 days after a local prosecutor filed criminal charges against their diocese for failing to protect children from a sexually abusive priest. Wehmeyer, who has been dismissed from the priesthood, is serving a five-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2012 to criminal sexual conduct with two minors and possessing child pornography. Minnesota prosecutor John Choi brought the charges

U.S. top court rejects North Carolina abortion ultrasound case

The high court left in place an appeals court ruling that struck down the 2011 law as unconstitutional because it forced doctors to voice the state’s message discouraging abortion. Under the law, passed by North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature, physicians must perform an ultrasound, display the sonogram and describe the fetus to women seeking abortions.

Ah, Paris

Clermont Auvergne weren’t the only ones who found Saturday’s Top 14 final a torment. Sky Sports reporter Graham Simmons was pitchside and having troubles of his own.