By Matt Bush
WCSH [New Hampshire]
October 11, 2006
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=43102
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Advocates for victims of clergy sexual abuse are upset that some Catholic priests have started a collection in New Hampshire for priests who've been defrocked for sexually abusing minors.
Carolyn Disco of Merrimack says she has no problem with priests reaching out to other priests, as long as they also reach out to survivors of abuse.
In a letter to the organizers, Ann Hagan Webb, New England coordinator of the Survivor's Network of those Abused by Priests, said the efforts will hurt some victims. She said she would feel better if she knew the money was paying for counseling or other treatment for abusive priests.
The priest group is asking each priest in the Diocese of Manchester to contribute a $1,000. They say the fund also will benefit financially strapped sick and retired priests.
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