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Are lawyers, not bishops, setting diocesan policies?

February 25, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: In the wake of the sex-abuse scandal, writes Michael Mazza for First Things, “It seems that civil lawyers and risk managers, not bishops, are often running the show” in American dioceses.

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