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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Bishop/victim speaks up

Quote of the Day: Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton

"I don't have any animosity for him. I hope he's praying for me in heaven."

-- Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, saying he harbors no ill feelings toward the priest, now dead, who molested him 60 years ago at a school in Detroit. Gumbleton was the first U.S. bishop to disclose that he had been the victim of a predatory priest. He was quoted by The Washington Post.

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