  
       By Carl M. Cannon 
        San Jose Mercury News 
        December 30-31, 1987  
       
         December 30, 1987 
        The Church's 
          Secret Child-Abuse Dilemma: Catholic Parents Bring Charges with Little 
          Result 
        Hiding 
          Molesters Ensures More Victims, Experts Say 
        Victims of "Fathers" 
          Lose Religious Faith 
          
        December 31, 1987 
        Child-Abuse 
          Cases Cost Church Millions: Florida Lawyers Get $3 Million for 4 Boys' 
          Families 
        Catholic 
          Officials Strike Back at Charges of Child Abuse 
        Local Dioceses 
          Creating Guidelines on Abuse 
        Louisiana 
          Case Brought Pedophilic Priests into the Open 
        Reveals a Pattern 
          of Molestation, Silence [brief profiles of  
       
       
         
       
       
         
       
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