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PHILADELPHIA — Two years ago, the U.S. attorney in Philadelphia joined the long line of ambitious prosecutors investigating the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of priest-abuse complaints. “But I think the mere fact that we’re even talking about it is something that people should be hopeful about.” In Pennsylvania alone, at least four other state and local prosecutors spent years investigating …