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Nun pleads no-contest to child sex abuse charges.

The story says this is a first, but surely more nuns will follow on the trail Sister Norma Giannini blazed today.

And in other news, despite the city's high Catholic population, Pope Benedict has elected to bypass Boston on next spring's American visit, for some good reason I'm sure.

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  1. Patrick  •  Nov 13, 2007 @2:10 pm

    Notice the subtlety with which UPI links the abuse story to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I guess those stories about Jews and the media must be true.

  2. Ken  •  Nov 13, 2007 @3:19 pm

    I am so going to Hell for writing and presiding over the last four days of posts.