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Monday May 5, 2008

When Church Autonomy Is Tyranny

Ignorance is the enemy of liberty. That truth has never been so forcefully made as it has been with the rescue of the hundreds of children from the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints compound in Eldorado, Texas. As the clergy abuse crisis within the Roman Catholic Church has proved, Americans are all too willing to ignore evidence of child abuse when it occurs in the context of religious organizations.
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Saturday June 17, 2006

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Foster mom — loving caretaker to 5 sisters or cult-loving abuser?

Meyers Tax & Fax's parking lot is often used as a dump zone for unwanted animals. Employees of the Moreno Valley business never expected to find a child curled up on the sidewalk outside.
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Wednesday February 18, 2004

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Abuse doesn’t always have to be physical

Love hurts — yet broken spirits are seldom taken as seriously as broken bones.
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