The president of a nationwide federation of Roman Catholic priests called on U.

The president of a nationwide federation of Roman Catholic priests called on U.S. bishops Tuesday to rethink the part of the church’s sexual abuse prevention policy that allows the expulsion of abusive priests from the priesthood. Guilty priests should never be allowed to return to public ministry, but they shouldn’t be removed from the priesthood, Rev. Bob Silva of Stockton, Calif., said in a speech to the National Federation of Priests’ Councils.