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	Scandal Endures, but Giving Rises By Robert Herguth Chicago Business October 6, 2007 http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?id=30680 Despite the faltering economy and lingering bad publicity over the handling of sexual abuse by priests, the Archdiocese of Chicago is finding this a surprisingly bountiful time in the pews. The Annual Catholic Appeal, a pledge drive rooted in the 363 parishes in Cook and Lake counties, is bringing in record levels of cash: $13.1 million so far this year, on pace to far exceed the 2007 campaign. "It is kind of mind-boggling," says Raymond Coughlin, director of the archdiocese's department of stewardship and development.
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