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A new report finds poor training and insufficient support in the face of 1960s cultural shifts led to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.


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Critics accuse the report of blaming Woodstock for sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, and that the church itself should take responsibility. David Gibson, reporter for the Religion News Service and author of, "The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World," examines the findings of the report for Here and Now.

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