Melinda Henneberger on Los Angeles

By John McGreevy

October 10, 2007

Commonweal's Melinda Henneberger on fallout from the sex abuse scandal in Los Angeles.

John T. McGreevy is the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame.

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