Friday, July 13, 2007

Clergy Abuse Scandal

The U.S. Catholic Church is quietly entering a new season. Settlement negotiations are under way in Los Angeles for the largest remaining batch of clergy sex abuse lawsuits, Polls have shown greater trust in the Nation's bishops than a few years ago. There's even been a fundraising recovery in the city at the epicenter of the worst scandal to ever strike American Catholicism - Boston. Five years after the national abuse scandal begin there, triggering a long season of reflection, the church is moving out of crisis mode.

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