VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has accepted the resignation of two US bishops accused of failing to protect minors from a pedophile priest and set a date for the unprecedented trial of a senior cleric for pedophilia.

The two US bishops' resignations follow the 2012 jailing of Minnesota priest Curtis Wehmeyer for the sexual abuse of minors he preyed on during camping trips and possession of child pornography.

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