had to break the news. But first I needed to make the call.
Seventy years of secrets were about to spill out in March when the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo finally relented, sending our newsroom a list of 42 priests believed to have committed the ultimate betrayal -- the sexual abuse of a child.
I needed to go on TV and tell our viewers what it meant.
But first I needed to call my Mom.
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