During its biannual meeting, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted by 228 votes to four to retain its "zero tolerance" policy of dismissing from the ministry all abusive priests.During its biannual bi·an·nu·al adj. 1. Happening twice each year; semiannual. 2. Occurring every two years; biennial. bi·an meeting, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB USCCB United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Washington, DC) ) voted by 228 votes to four to retain its "zero tolerance The policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall importance and enhance deterrence. Since the 1980s the phrase zero tolerance has signified a philosophy toward illegal conduct that favors strict imposition of " policy of dismissing from the ministry all abusive priests. In other decisions, the bishops also agreed to spend $1 million to partially finance a study into how and why the sexual abuse scandal occurred. Critics said that the bishops had yet to take any action against themselves, several of whom failed to remove abusive priests from the ministry. |
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