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	Victims' Group: Lift Time-Limit on Abuse Reports Associated Press, carried in WCAX March 27, 2009 http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10084520&nav=4QcSXCJv [exerpts from documents] [audit records from BishopAccountability.org] MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A group that tracks reports of clergy sexual abuse says new files released by New Hampshire prosecutors show why the statute of limitations on reporting such abuse should be eliminated. The files, which publicly identify 26 accused clergy members for the first time, were released after the state's final audit of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. A group called BishopAccountability.org says that could spur more victims to come forward, but the statute of limitations will rule out many prosecutions. Under a 2002 agreement, the diocese agreed to report all abuse allegations to the attorney general's office and remove accused clergy members from their jobs. The state says the diocese is handling cases appropriately.
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