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Big news coming out of Washington

By Domenico Bettinelli, Jr. (articles ) | January 06, 2004 11:00 PM

Sources tell me that a big story will be coming out of the Archdiocese of Washington on Wednesday. A law firm representing at least ten clients has sent the archdiocese a letter demanding it "accept responsibility" for "a history of abuse and negligent supervision comparable to that of Boston." The firm says that its clients were involved in a sex ring at a Prince Georges County parish over a 20-year period.

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