Church Leader Responds to Latest Sex-Abuse Allegations

By Lynn Neary

Published December 4, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Catholics react to fresh evidence of scandal within the Boston Archdiocese. Church documents released Tuesday include allegations that priests sexually abused female students and provided drugs to minors. Hear more from NPR's Lynn Neary and Rev. Robert Bullock, chairman of the Boston Priests Forum.

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