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Article: EDITORIAL: Catholic Church abuse settlement, appropriate or unjustified?
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- July 23, 2007
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Staff Editorial
University Wire
07-23-2007
(The Vista) (U-WIRE) EDMOND, Okla. -- Since before the Reformation, the Catholic Church has always been a target to society. Many can't deny the overall improved sentiment toward the Catholic Church as years surpass, but pragmatism will still keep the denomination in sight of media coverage.
Every so often, history will repeat itself. In the 1990s, the Catholic Church was accused of sexual abuse occurring within its dioceses. The detection of priests committing these heinous acts generated a stereotype associated with Catholicism. Since word got out that priests are child-molesters first and religious figures second, the world once again formed a ...