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'A fair outcome?' - What an abuse allegation and its fallout can teach the Church

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The Pillar
Apr 12, 2021
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Clare Friis is funny, personable, and exceedingly blunt. A nurse from Minnesota, she has a deadpan self-deprecating delivery, a talent for choosing just the right .gif for the moment, and a well-honed sense of fairness. Clare is also a survivor of sexual assault, she says. And against long odds, Clare Friis is a practicing and faithful Catholic. 

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