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11 June 2016

Pennsylvania: Legislators Pressured By Church on Sex-Abuse Measure

Roman Catholic legislators say they have been publicly shamed during Mass and disinvited from parish events as the Philadelphia Archdiocese campaigns against a bill that would give victims of child sexual abuse more time to sue the church.
State Representative Nick Miccarelli said he was shocked to learn that the weekly bulletin at his church targeted him. Under the headline “Just So You Are Aware,” the announcement read,

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/us/national-briefing.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160609&nlid=63876270&tntemail0=y&_r=0