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Article: Priest who warned bishops receives justice award. (Nation).(Thomas Doyle wins Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice)(Brief Article)
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- February 14, 2003
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Boston's Paulist Center Community awarded its 2003 Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice to Dominican Fr. Thomas Doyle, a long-time advocate for victims of clerical sexual abuse.
Doyle has shown a "compassionate approach to victims, as well as the church, said Donna Stiglmeier, who serves as pastoral minister at the center. But it cost him, she added. "He traded in hierarchical power for power that comes with presence and solidarity with people in need, becoming change agents themselves for a broken system."
Accepting the award, Doyle said, "What we've experienced with sex abuse makes the indulgence scam of the Reformation pale by comparison and probably ...