Sex abuse allegations rouse Washington Catholics

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The second man to accuse a former Catholic priest of sexual abuse prompted “half a million responses” in an area with 500,000 Catholics, said Archdiocese of Washington spokeswoman Susan Gibbs.

William McSherry Stock, 63, was a priest at five area churches between 1969 and 1985, including St. Peter’s in Olney, where he was working when the crimes he is accused of allegedly committing occurred, Montgomery County police said.

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