Profile: Catholic priests undertake day of penance for recent church scandals

From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: December 19, 2002| Author: ALEX CHADWICK | Copyright information


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12-19-2002

Profile: Catholic priests undertake day of penance for recent church scandals

Host: ALEX CHADWICK
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

ALEX CHADWICK, host:

In Santa Ana, California, a group of Catholic priests yesterday apologized to people across the country who've been sexually abused by clergy members. NPR's Mandelit del Barco reports that the priests participated in a day of public penance, one of the first of its...

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