1.0The Deacon's Benchhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbenchDeacon Greg Kandrahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/author/gkandraSisters of Bethany: readers react - The Deacon's Benchrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gmNi1PURg4"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2007/09/sisters-of-bethany-readers-react.html">Sisters of Bethany: readers react</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2007/09/sisters-of-bethany-readers-react.html/embed#?secret=gmNi1PURg4" width="600" height="338" title="“Sisters of Bethany: readers react” — The Deacon's Bench" data-secret="gmNi1PURg4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I got a couple of e-mails earlier from readers who took issue with the story I posted from the Los Angeles Times, about the Sisters of Bethany being evicted to help the Archdiocese of Los Angeles pay its massive sex abuse settlement. One reader made some sound points: First of all, the sister who claims…