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Pelosi: Priests denied absolution on birth control

By Charlie Spiering
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Pelosi: Priests denied absolution on birth control

Last night on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show, Nancy Pelosi discussed the uproar over contraception, reminding the audience that Catholic women “overwhelmingly” admit that they used birth control.

“I’ve come from an era when (Catholic) women were deprived of receiving absolution if they confessed if they used birth control,” Pelosi complained, “It is good to get it out on the table.”

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