CNN Evening News for Friday, Feb 27, 2004
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jason Carroll) The staggering details from the Catholic Church's own reports on sexual abuse by priests examined; statistics cited from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice report on the victim profile. [US Conference of Catholic Bishops president Bishop Wilton GREGORY†- restates an apology.] [National Review Board Robert BENNETT†, victim Barbara BLAINE†- comment on aspects of the abuse issue.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with attorney Bennett about the priest abuse report. [From Washington, BENNETT - says the priest problem came out of the admission to the seminaries of men who were immature & not guided on how to live a celibate life; admits the numbers indicate it was not a problem of pedophilia but rather the sexual abuse of teenage boys.]
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