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	Catholic Lay Group Hopes to Run Ad Timed to Pope's U.S. Visit Associated Press, carried in Worcester Telegram & Gazette March 30, 2008 http://www.telegram.com/article/20080330/APN/803300674 BOSTON— A Catholic lay group formed after the priest sex abuse scandal is raising money to run a full-page newspaper ad timed to the Pope's U.S. visit. The Voice of the Faithful says it wants to re-ignite a national dialogue among the laity and clergy by placing the ad in a national newspaper to coincide with Pope Benedict's weeklong visit. The Pope will visit New York and Washington. The group says the culture of secrecy in the church which helped lead to the clergy sexual abuse scandal still exists and has created financial scandals in some parishes. The Voice of the Faithful was formed in 2002 in Massachusetts amid outrage over the sex abuse scandal.
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