Yamiche Alcindor: I Almost Vomited When I Read About Priests Putting Crosses Around Kids To Indicated They Had Been Violated

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ALCINDOR: "...and as someone who also is Catholic, when I think about this, I think of developing countries. And I think about the fact that Pennsylvania and maybe the 49 other states might get to this. But the Catholic Church has so many other roots in so many other places where priests are seen as not just the people that are at church but they’re the people who run the schools, they’re the people who run aid, they’re where families go to if you need your child to just have a role model if your father’s not around. And when I was reading about the priest putting on crosses on children’s necks to try to tell other priests this is a child who’s vulnerable and has already been violated, I almost vomited. It was—"