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Letters: Church should fight child sex abuse

ISSUE | CATHOLIC CHURCH Fight child sex abuse I was raised Catholic and cannot understand how anyone with a conscience or sense of morality can support the Catholic Church in its lobbying against a Pennsylvania bill that would extend the civil statute of limitations on child sex abuse to age 50 ("Chaput to meet with clergy on legislation," Tuesday). If the church leadership were sincere in wanting to stop child sex abuse and help victims, it would not oppose this legislation.

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ISSUE | CATHOLIC CHURCH

Fight child sex abuse

I was raised Catholic and cannot understand how anyone with a conscience or sense of morality can support the Catholic Church in its lobbying against a Pennsylvania bill that would extend the civil statute of limitations on child sex abuse to age 50 ("Chaput to meet with clergy on legislation," Tuesday). If the church leadership were sincere in wanting to stop child sex abuse and help victims, it would not oppose this legislation.

According to the article, church officials, through their lobbying arm, have warned that the legislation could prompt litigation and bankrupt parishes. Let it be so. The church has shown that it is unwilling to stop predator priests who damage their victims for a lifetime. It is time for the Catholic Church to show real remorse and pay for its sins.

|Jane Weiss, Philadelphia