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This July 26, 2019, photo shows a postcard from the Vatican for James Grein when he was 12 years old, written by now-defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Grein, 61, says McCarrick used to write him postcards that were included in letters to his father, and that McCarrick’s exalted place in his family was key to his abuse. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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