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North Dakota clergy sex abuse survivors say Catholic reforms too little, too late
An 18-month-long investigation led to no new charges against Catholic clergy in North Dakota. In the wake of that announcement, three sexual abuse survivors tell their stories of pain and healing.
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C.S. Hagen
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April Baumgarten |
5:17 am, Jan. 16, 2021
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Ted Becker shares his story of being abused by a priest as a boy in Selfridge, N.D. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service
SELFRIDGE, N.D. For decades, Ted Becker frequently woke up in the dead of night gagging. Sometimes a pungent, familiar smell would force him from bed to search the house for a repressed memory that took him years to find. ....

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