AP study: 177 priests left posts April 28 — At least 177 priests suspected of molesting minors have left their posts in 28 states and the District of Columbia since the sex scandal erupted in January, a nationwide review of Roman Catholic dioceses by The Associated Press found. And the man at the center of some of the worst of the scandal, Boston’s embattled archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law, has denied rumors he might sidestep the situation by leaving for a new post at the Vatican