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Michael Hoffman, center, provides the sacraments to the Rev. Larry Dowling at the Hope and Healing Mass.
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Michael Hoffman, center, provides the sacraments to the Rev. Larry Dowling at the Hope and Healing Mass.
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The annual Hope and Healing Mass, which took place for the seventh year Oct. 20, 2018, is a way to acknowledge wounds from sexual abuse and celebrate ongoing healing, according to Michael Hoffman, a victim and survivor of sexual abuse by a priest. It is put on by clergy, victim-survivors and the archidiocese’s Office for the Protection of Children and Youth’s Office of Assistance Ministry.