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Catholic Church Slashes Offers, Ups Burden of Proof in Abuse Cases

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Posted on Dec 31, 2005

In negotiating with a second wave of sexual abuse victims, the Catholic Church has “reverted to the bare-knuckles tactics it had long used to silence or marginalize them,” critics tell the New York Times, “largely because public attention to the scandals had abated.” Read the story.

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By Lefty, December 31, 2005 at 10:58 am #
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston places the interest of its own financial condition above the interest of its forever scarred and stigmatized, presumably former, sexually abused parishioners.  Why would anyone expect anything different?

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