AZ Nun Excommunicated For Allowing Abortion : NPR - 0 views
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Frederick Smith on 20 May 10A nun at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been excommunicated for allowing an abortion to be performed on a woman who doctors say would otherwise have died. Sister Margaret McBride may also be expelled from her order. Now, there's a debate about the church's quick, severe penalty while it waited years to punish pedophile priests.">