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Article: In Massachusetts, Catholics torn by hierarchy, politics.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- May 3, 2006
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Byline: Sara Miller Llana Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- As a dutiful Roman Catholic, Mildred Feloney drives to Saint Peter Parish here for 8 a.m. mass every morning.
But emblazoned on her bumper is an unmistakable token of dissent: "Keep the Faith, Change the Church."
The commute is old. The sticker on her Camry is new. It's a provocation that signals a profound stir among Catholics in Massachusetts.
Four years ago, the scandal of clergy sexually abusing children rocked this heavily Catholic state and drove a wedge between the hierarchy and laity. Today, that rift over trust has widened into a gulf ...