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Catholic Bishops Target Nuns For Failing To Condemn Homosexuality | Conservatives in the Catholic Church continue their crackdown against more liberal groups and are now launching an investigation into the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), “the umbrella group that represents most of America’s 55,000 Catholic nuns, saying that the group was not speaking out strongly enough against gay marriage, abortion and women’s ordination.” “[T]he church’s biblical view of family life and human sexuality, are not part of the LCWR agenda in a way that promotes church teaching,” the Vatican says, noting that “occasional public statements by the LCWR that disagree with or challenge positions taken by the bishops.” Interestingly the reform effort is spearheaded by Seattle Archbishop Peter Sartain, who is pressuring priests in Washington state to assist in a campaign to repeal the state’s recently-enacted marriage equality law.