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"If Catholic priests are abusing children, it is Rome, not Dublin, that must answer for it with a full confession and in a criminal investigation. Until it does, all good Catholics--even little old ladies who go to church every Sunday, not just protest singers like me whom the Vatican can easily ignore--should avoid Mass. In Ireland, it is time we separated ... our faith from its alleged leaders."

--3/28/10

Sources: White House; Health.com U.K. Parliament; BBC; New York Times; Australian-government transcript; New York Post

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