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Rev. Thomas Berg, director of admissions at St. Joseph's Seminary, poses for a portrait at the facility in Yonkers, N.Y., on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. Berg said he and his colleagues strive to rigorously screen the young men applying for admission, assessing their psychosexual development and emotional maturity. Applicants are asked about their dating history and their level of attraction to other males; Berg believes the process has succeeded in reducing the number of seminarians with same-sex attraction. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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