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NFL team's deep Catholic ties behind role in abuse crisis

by Associated Press
| February 12, 2020 7:30 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Why would an NFL team, even one called the Saints, strike a behind-the-scenes alliance with the Roman Catholic Church on an issue as emotionally fraught as clergy sex abuse?

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