Vatican halts vote on accountability at U.S. bishops' fall meeting.

The article discusses a request from Vatican authorities to delay a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (U.S.C.C.B.) vote on accountability of bishops for clergy sexual abuse. Topics include claims by bishops that mass media provokes outrage, allegations regarding sexual abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and the views of activists about the lack of significant action by U.S. bishops.