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How Georgia’s attorney general, local clergy are reacting to Catholic Church abuse
Local church leaders join in enforcing zero tolerance stance on violators
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Pope Francis gestures as he answers to a journalist’s question during a press conference aboard of the flight to Rome at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)
In light of reports of abuse in the Catholic Church, Georgia’s attorney general issued a statement Friday encouraging churches to be transparent and hold abusers accountable. Christopher Carr said in the statement that he is concerned about reports of abuse and how the church has been responding, and as a Roman Catholic himself, the issue is both professional and personal for him.