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Japan Catholic Church sued for damages in alleged sex abuse

by Associated Press
| September 25, 2020 4:06 AM

TOKYO (AP) — A woman has filed a suit against the Roman Catholic Church in Japan alleging that a priest raped her four decades ago, as the church's unfolding worldwide sexual abuse crisis gradually reaches Japan.

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