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9 March 2016

We are much bigger than these scars' says priest in wake of child sex abuse scandal

Standing inside Our Mother of Sorrows' stained glass doors before Sunday mass, Rick Messina had no trouble finding words to describe his reaction to new details released last week regarding decades of years-old child abuse by local Roman Catholic clergy.
The parishioner called it a striking reminder that "horrible and disgusting" things happened for far too long in churches like his. As hard as it was to hear, it was also a necessary reminder, he said.

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/03/diocese_priests_child_sexual_a.html