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Clergy abuse survivor Saviano lauded at funeral for courage

FILE — In this Feb. 17, 2020 file photograph, Phil Saviano, of BishopAccountability.org, talks to the media during a press conference at the Foreign Press association headquarters, on the occasion of the first anniversary of Pope Francis' summit on clergy abuse, in Rome. Saviano, a clergy sex abuse survivor and whistleblower who played a pivotal role in exposing decades of predatory assaults by Roman Catholic priests in the United States, has died, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. He was 69. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

FILE — In this Feb. 15, 2002 file photograph, Phil Saviano, regional coordinator for the Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, poses for a portrait in his Boston home. Saviano, a clergy sex abuse survivor and whistleblower who played a pivotal role in exposing decades of predatory assaults by Roman Catholic priests in the United States, has died, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. He was 69. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Clergy abuse survivor Saviano lauded at funeral for courage