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	Catholic Group Honors N.O. Writer The Times-Picayune September 26, 2009 http://www.nola.com/religion/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-1/12539432319550.xml&coll=1 Voice of the Faithful, a national Catholic organization formed out of the 2002 Catholic clergy sex-abuse crisis, has named New Orleans writer Jason Berry winner of the St. Catherine of Siena Distinguished Lay Person Award, the group announced. The organization cited Berry's 24 years of work uncovering the Catholic church's response to sexual abuse in its ranks, first with "Lead Us Not into Temptation," the first book-length exploration of the phenomenon, and in 2004 with "Vows of Silence," which uncovered sexual abuse by the Rev. Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legionaries of Christ. Voice of the Faithful claims 30,000 members nationwide, and presses for changes in the governance of the Catholic church.
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