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In this article, the writer discusses media treatment of the sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church. The writer focuses on actions of former Boston priest John Geoghan, who church authorities moved from one diocese to another rather than address the problem.

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"... Louisiana reporter Jason Berry began reporting extensively on the widespread problem of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and on the cover-up undertaken by the Church hierarchy. Carol Cannon describing the work done by Barry herself and Karen Henderson pointed out that media attention regarding this issue was intense but it began to literally disappear when revelations regarding the sexual abuse history of a Catholic priest in Boston named John J Geoghan ..."

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