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Abuse:

• British aid workers accused of sex abuse | Staff from more than 40 aid agencies and UN peacekeepers are also named (The Times, London)
  
  
• Abuse allegation offers a view of issues in scandal | Cases like a dispute at a Harlem church raise the question over whether priests should be defrocked because of an allegation of sexual misconduct. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Portrayal of the church causes unease | Catholics young and old, at school and at church, expressed a mix of support, dismay and frustration (The New York Times)
  
  
• Mass. attorney general gets victims' names | Church records cover 50 years of alleged abuse (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Boston's Cardinal Law faces calls to resign from prominent conservative Catholics | Bill Bennett, William F. Buckley add to criticism (Associated Press)
  
  
• Egan breaks silence | Calls pedophilia an `abomination,' but critics say statement lacks substance (The Hartford [Conn.] Courant)
  
  
• Also: Egan defends his handling of abuse cases | More detailed response promised soon (The New York Times)
  
  
• Earlier: For a second day, Egan keeps silent on an issue roiling the church | Cardinal Edward M. Egan remained silent on Monday on the public disclosure of court records related to his handling of sexual abuse allegations against priests. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Earlier: Connecticut report revisits Egan's role in settling abuse cases (The New York Times)
  
  
• Church scandal resurrects old hurts in Louisiana bayou | The case of a pedophile priest in Louisiana offers insight into the kind of lasting effects that such episodes can have on the victims, and on whole communities. (The New York Times)
  
  
• A tragic crisis for the church | One thing the church must be willing to render to Caesar is priests who exploit their office to molest innocent children. (Editorial, The New York Times)
  
  
• Snakebitten church needs redemption | Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, and now we need someone to drive the snakes out of the Catholic Church in America. (Bill O'Reilly, Boston Herald)
  
  
• Father knows worst | We have turned a light on these cloistered, arrogant fraternities and they can no longer justify themselves. (Maureen Dowd, The New York Times)
  
  
• The systematic corruption of the Catholic Church | This is about a massively powerful institution using its power to conceal and effectively perpetuate crimes (and sins) of the most evil nature against the most innocent and vulnerable of the souls who trusted the church. (Michael Kelly, The Washington Post)
  
  
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