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MEQUON, Wis. —Some victims of sex abuse at the hands of religious clergy attended the Mass of Atonement at Lumen Christi Parish in Mequon on Tuesday. Some joined church leaders in prayer while others protested.
Those who protested outside were invited to participated in the Mass, but said they wanted no part of it.
About 100 people attended the Mass celebrated by Archbishop Jerome Listecki.
At one point during the service, Listecki laid down on the floor. It was meant as a symbolic gesture to ask forgiveness for the sins of the clergy involved in sexual abuse cases.
“What can help us to go forward is our reliance on faith and to understand that there is a God and that God can heal and God can forgive,” Listecki said.
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