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[I asked the man,] \u201cPardon me for being so blunt, but you sure were with me, so, let me ask: when you look at yourself in a mirror, do you see a sex abuser?\u201d Now he was as taken aback as I had been two-minutes before.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the hell are you talking about?\u201d \u201cSadly,\u201d I answered, \u201cstudies tell us that most children sexually abused are victims of their own fathers or other family members.\u201d Enough of the debate, I concluded, as I saw him dazed. So I tried to calm it down. \u201cSo, I tell you what: when I look at you, I won\u2019t see a sex abuser, and I would appreciate the same consideration from you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here for the entire article by Archbishop Dolan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"