Speaking out against abuse

August 25, 2009 | 7:35 p.m. CDT

From left, David Clohessy, Don Asbee, Steve McAllister and Mary McAllister speak before a small crowd during a news conference in front of the St. Thomas More Newman Center on Tuesday. Steve McAllister called for the Catholic Church to cleanse itself and make all church sexual-abuse records public.

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