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Oklahoma on Monday became the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors as Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that makes it a felony for healthcare workers to provide children with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and hormones.Oklahoma joins at least 15 other states with laws banning such care, as conservatives across the country have targeted transgender rights.Stitt, who was reelected in November, made the ban a priority of this year s legislative session, saying he wanted to protect children. Transgender advocates and parents of transgender children say such care is essential.
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Pope Francis became the first pope to directly write to the world s Catholics about the church s sexual abuse scandal. In a letter published Monday, the pope said the church had abandoned its children, begged victims for forgiveness and said the church must spare no effort to root out predator priests.The letter comes less than a week after revelations of decades of abuse in Pennsylvania and a
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adidas samba oncrete steps to remove abusive priests or sanction those who took part in cover-ups.Cardinal Donald Wuerl, now the archbishop of Washington, D.C., was accused in the report of shielding predator priests. As bishop of Pittsburgh for 18 years, he oversaw 32 of of the 99 accused. Wuerl spoke with CBS News the night before the report was released. During my tenure, we acted very appropriately, with many times, removal from ministry, totally and completely, he said.Pushing up a meeting originally scheduled for next week, Wuerl met privately today with priests in the archdioces
salomon e s advisory group. He also cancelled his attendance at a Catholic conference next week in Dublin where the pope is expected to appear.Across the country, revelations of clergy misconduct continues to unfold. Rev. Edmundo Paredes of Dallas is on the run after he was a
