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CBS Sacramento
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – After Pope Benedict’s stunning announcement Monday that he was retiring as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, many are wondering how the change in leadership will affect the priest sex abuse scandal.
CBS13′s Laura Cole talked with one victim in Sacramento on Monday.
“It’s difficult,” Chico Chavez said. “You kind of become a bystander of life and not really a participant.”
Chavez, who was sexually molested by a Sacramento priest as a child, believes there’s more to Pope Benedict’s decision to resign than just health reasons.
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