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November 07, 2012

AP: Brazil's Truth Commission to investigate the role of the church during dictatorship

by Stan Lehman
The Associated Press

SAO PAULO — The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil’s former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical churches played during the 1964-1985 military government.

Established last year by President Dilma Rousseff, the commission will investigate whether pro-dictatorship clergy committed human rights abuses or supported members of the military responsible for such abuses.

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