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July 17, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT CONCERNING THE SEXUAL ABUSE SETTLEMENT IN THE LOS ANGELES ARCHDIOCESE

We believe that all people are one in the body of Christ. This week, as we hear of the abuse settlement in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, we are reminded again how wounded is the body of our church.

We mourn the wounding that the abuse survivors have suffered and we mourn those who have lost their lives due to the abuse. We are grateful for the courage of the survivors who have come forward with their stories. Our prayers for healing continue to be with the survivors, their families and all the people of our church who have been affected by this abuse.

While the settlement appears to have come to a close, we know that there is still much healing to be done. There are still abuse survivors who will come forward. There are still church leaders who perpetrated the abuse or permitted the abuse to happen who need to be brought to justice. There is still a church that needs to be healed.

While we will not forget that we are a wounded people, we will always remember that together we are the body of Christ. And it is with this knowing that we continue our striving to be the church to which Jesus has called us: a body of healing, a body of justice, a body of peace.

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