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  • Colorado Governor To Media:'WE LOVE OUR CHURCH'

    05/14/2002 3:02:01 PM PDT · by Lady In Blue · 28 replies · 330+ views
    National Catholic Register ^ | May 12-18 issue | Wayne Laugesen
      Colorado Governor to Media: 'We Love Our Church'National Catholic Register May 12-18, 2002by WAYNE LAUGESEN Register Correspondent DENVER - One might expect Catholic politicians, in need of secular support, to distance themselves from bishops and priests while the mainstream press feeds at the trough of the clergy sex scandal.Not Gov. Bill Owens. Instead, the Colorado Republican joined 53 other prominent Colorado residents in taking a bold and public stand in support of their clergy. Together, they donated money and bought a $20,000 full page ad in the April 7 Denver Post that said, in part:"We love our Church,...