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How The Ancient Catholic Church Dealt With Priest Sex Offenders

Jim Sun, 08/05/18 8:30 pm
Church & Ministry
Clergy Sexual Abuse
Roman Catholicism

“[I]n the ancient Catholic Church, the punishments for clergy who sexually preyed on victims were not as relatively urbane as these modern approaches.”

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