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Clergy sex abuse:

• Abuse suits point at Jehovah's Witnesses | Four lawsuits filed in California claim Jehovah's Witnesses officials have been covering up alleged sex abuse of children by congregation leaders, adding to a series of similar suits nationwide (Associated Press)
  
  
• Earlier: Witnesses accused of failing to report abuse | Two sisters are suing Watchtower Bible and Tract Society over policy to keep suspicions of sexual crime within the church (Christianity Today, Nov. 20, 2001)
  
  
• Abuse report tests Boston Catholics' faith in leaders | 'We must deal with this shame openly,' one parishioner tells weary and angry congregation (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Also: Victims praise Reilly report, but want secular oversight (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Push made to toughen abuse laws | Mass. Gov., AG weigh changes (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Victim advocates seek federal probe | To pursue leaders who failed to stop clergy sex abuse (The Boston Globe)
  
  

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