NBC Evening News for Tuesday, May 14, 2002
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Baltimore: Robert Hager) The shooting of Roman Catholic priest Maurice Blackwell by alleged abuse victim Dontee Stokes featured. [Neighbor Melvin McGEE - says he heard shots.] [Mother Tamara STOKES - says she never thought her son would hurt the priest.] [Baltimore Cardinal William KEELER - says he is appalled about the violence.] [Former priest Richard SIPE - says sexual abuse of a minor "renders a life sentence to the victim."]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Rehema Ellis) The Catholic church's change of tactics in dealing with the priest sex abuse scandal examined. [University of Southern California professor Erwin CHEMERINSKY - says the scandal is already "a public relations nightmare."] [Gregory Ford's father Rodney FORD - says the church has been trying to pin some blame on him and his wife.] [In 1997, Cardinal Edward EGAN - says priests are self-employed.] [Defense attorney J. Albert JOHNSON - says people filing lawsuits must expect to be interrogated.]
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