Preview: Cardinal William Levada on Church Abuse Scandal

RELIGION -- April 27, 2010 at 3:45 PM EDT

Preview: Cardinal William Levada on Church Abuse Scandal

Margaret Warner is reporting from the Vatican this week on the fallout from the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal. On Tuesday's NewsHour, you can watch her full interview with Cardinal William Levada, one of the top Vatican officials charged with handling the issue.

We posted one excerpt Monday and you can watch a new one here, where Levada tells us that the church initially thought the reported cases of child abuse were isolated incidents and has had to learn to adapt:

You can read the full transcript of their interview here.

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