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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, a lawmaker is silhouetted as he walks past a window in the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. While most states have not yet considered law changes to screen former clergy members who seek licenses for jobs that put them in contact with children, at least 20 state attorneys general are conducting investigations of how church officials handled abuse allegations, including reporting them to civil law enforcement, largely in the wake of the Pennsylvania attorney general office’s 2018 grand jury report that looked at how abuse allegations were handled in six dioceses. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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