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Catholics seeking reform gather to pray, decry grand jury sex-abuse report

As the clergy sex-abuse scandal continues to rock the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania and beyond, a small group of reform-minded faithful gathered to pray near the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.

Judy Heffernan (center, facing camera) and others hug after a prayer service and vigil on the sidewalk opposite Cathedral Basilica SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia Saturday, in one of many protests throughout the country stemming from the recent Pennsylvania grand jury finding of rampant sex abuse by clergy over seven decades.
Judy Heffernan (center, facing camera) and others hug after a prayer service and vigil on the sidewalk opposite Cathedral Basilica SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia Saturday, in one of many protests throughout the country stemming from the recent Pennsylvania grand jury finding of rampant sex abuse by clergy over seven decades.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON