BALTIMORE (MD)
Baltimore Sun
September 9, 2018
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By Ian Duncan
As a church bell tolled, about a dozen protesters seeking accountability for sexual abuse by Catholic priests huddled under umbrellas outside the Baltimore Basilica and began to sing “We Shall Overcome.”
The group was part of planned series of demonstrations at major Catholic churches around the country this weekend in the wake of a report by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office revealing the role senior church leaders played in covering up years of abuse.
Ryan Sattler, leader of the activist organization Call to Action Maryland, told those gathered in Sunday’s rain that the event would be the first of many similar rallies.
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