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 \nKenneth L.Woodward's wide-ranging\"Church of the 'Times':A Dissent\"(May  \n7)strongly implies,without saying it ex-plicitly,that New York Times reporting onthe Catholic Church's sexual-abuse scan-dals has been misleading or inaccurate.Ileave it to others to analyze his ramblingessay about the culture of the Times,itscontrolling family,and how it comparesto Newsweek,Time,etc.As a regularand fairly critical reader of the Times (andCommonweal)over many decades,I havefound its reporting of the crisis thorough,mostly fair,and responsible.There may beunreported relevant facts,but Woodwardcites none.  \nThe hierarchy was always free to getahead of stories of child sexual abuse byreleasing documents and being forthcom-ing.Instead,bishops have cast furthersuspicion on themselves by their vigorousand very expensive resistance to disclo-sure,whether in Boston or Bridgeport,Ireland or Mexico.But for the Ne","cbCaipbsVYCVUqrG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipbsVYCVUqrG","pdf",2855831,32,"English","# Letters\n## Fit to Print?\n## The Author Replies","[{\"question\":\"What is the letters section responding to?\",\"answer\":\"The letters respond to Kenneth L. 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