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	Some Victims Call upon Church to Track, Confine Laicized Priests Catholic Culture March 8, 2011 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9519 Some victims of clerical abuse are calling upon Church authorities to create special housing for laicized priests or to monitor them as civil authorities monitor convicted sex offenders. "Essentially, you have admitted or credibly accused child molesters walking free among unsuspecting families-- and bishops are doing little or nothing," said David Clohessy of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. "We obviously don't have a police force, and our mission has been to cleanse the priesthood, and we think we've done that effectively and well," countered Michael Hennigan, attorney for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. "Once they're out, it's up to civil authorities to deal with them on behalf of society. It's really too much to ask the Church to institute a prison system, and no one could be forced to comply with it except voluntarily."
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