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December 18, 2013

5 Philadelphia Priests Suspended in Child Abuse Probe 
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has placed five more priests on
leave in the continued fallout from allegations of child sexual abuse.
One of the priests, Michael Chapman, was found to have carried out
molestation, while the other four were said to have violated undisclosed
standards of "behavior and boundaries." A former top-ranking clergyman
of the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, Monsignor William Lynn,
was convicted last year of covering up child sexual abuse by
Philadelphia priests.

 

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