Hispanic immigrant in line to lead US Catholic bishops

Clergy sex abuse is on the agenda as U.S. Catholic bishops meet this week — but so is a potentially historic milestone: Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez, an immigrant from Mexico, is expected to win election as the first Hispanic president of the bishops’ national conference.
Gomez, 67, is considered a practical-minded conservative, but he is an outspoken advocate of a policy that would include a path to citizenship for many immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
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