WASHINGTON (AP) — Houston pastor Timothy W. Sloan has felt for years that he needed to talk about HIV and AIDS with his congregation.

But he worried the 3,000 mostly African-American parishioners at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Humble, Texas, could be offended and leave the church or curtail their giving.

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