Some priests want to be more modern, which they said would help them attract and minister to younger parishioners.

The lawsuit accuses church officials of keeping the priests' identities secret and covering up their crimes against young parishioners.

Indeed, younger parishioners do not know much about the church's history.

He had been the priest at St. Elysius for two years and was enormously popular with the younger parishioners.

It had happened once at their mother's funeral and another time over a young parishioner who was dying.

But it was clear that attracting young parishioners and improving religious education would be priorities.

Consequently, groups of parishes would be called upon to build regional colleges for their own young parishioners.

Several of his young parishioners became guerrillas, and it was here that a squad of them secretly conducted military training in the mid-1970's.

Father Hickey, 39, said he was devastated by the revelations about priests abusing young parishioners.

Father Hickey preaches to his young parishioners about unconditional love and forgiveness.