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Ministering to Sex Offenders

A faith-based program called Circles of Support and Accountability or COSA wants to create a new model for how society deals with sex offenders by offering the offenders help and friendship. Rev. Clare Ann Ruth-Heffelbower, founder of COSA, says "even the worst of the worst of the worst are human beings, and they can change."

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Look Back 2013
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In our annual special, we review the top religion and ethics news of the past year.
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Nelson Mandela, Pundits and the Pope, Christmas Gift Giving
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James Lee Burke, Solitary Confinement, Children's Hajj
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Catholic writer James Lee Burke; Ethics of solitary confinement; Children's Hajj
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