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For some Catholics, it is demons that taunt priests with sexual desire

  • Written by Elizabeth McAlister, Professor of Religion, Wesleyan University
Pennsylvania grand jury accused Cardinal Wuerl of helping to protect abusive priests when he was Pittsburgh's bishopAP Photo/Kevin Wolf

A Pennsylvania grand jury recently released a report on the systematic ways Catholic priests aided and abetted one another to sexually abuse children for 70 years.

It reveals once again how the strict patriarchal...

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