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trotsky

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3. What a fucking joke. "Church leaders are *encouraging* those bishops - though not requiring them..."

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Fri Jun 14, 2019, 07:22 AM

Jun 2019

Again, this is just keeping it "in the family." The hotline ensures the church handles (and buries) the incident instead of turning it over to secular authorities.

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Catholic bishops approve new sex-abuse reporting hotline [View all] Eugene Jun 2019 OP

Could be bigger than realized zipplewrath Jun 2019 #1

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What a fucking joke. "Church leaders are *encouraging* those bishops - though not requiring them..." trotsky Jun 2019 #3

Current sex-abuse hotline phone: MineralMan Jun 2019 #4