HBO TACKLES CELIBACY ISSUE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: June 28, 2004| Author: Saunders, Dusty | Copyright information

Byline: Dusty Saunders, Rocky Mountain News

If you're a regular viewer of The Sopranos, Deadwood and Six Feet Under, you know that celibacy isn't a recurring subject on HBO.

But the pay-cable service has a less-publicized documentary unit, America Undercover, that examines Celibacy (8 tonight) in a 75-minute program that could stir controversy since the major focus is on the current problems facing the Catholic Church.

The report explores the link ...

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