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York Daily Record
Anne Rohrbaugh September 8, 2016
What is the motivation of the York Daily Record in publishing these articles?
Being forewarned by one of the Catholic priests in York regarding the York Sunday News’ printing the articles concerning the “shadowed history” of the handling of the abuse by Catholic priests in the Harrisburg diocese, I read that article and the articles that followed it.
I am a Catholic woman and a survivor of sexual abuse as child – not by a priest but by more than one adult man in my family. I agree that this “sin” is one that leaves a person in much pain – emotionally, physically and spiritually. I also agree that it needs to be addressed and punished.
I wonder, though, what is the motivation of the York Daily Record in publishing these articles and giving so much space to them in your newspapers? I see the motivation as two-fold: The first and most important, in my estimation, is for you to sell newspapers. The second is for you to embarrass and try to bring down the Catholic Church.
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