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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 3 Episode 23

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AIRED: 5/17/02

A murder in a church leads Benson and Stabler to an alleged cover-up involving sexual abuse by a priest.

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When a Transexual is left Murdered in a Church it's only up to Benson and Stabler to find out what happened.

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By Vanture, Mar 22, 2011

This episode is one of my favorites because it took place during the Church Scandals in the series. What is extremely interesting is this episode is based around a tranny. This is the first episode to feature Sister Peg. When Benson and Stabler think they've found their killer they find that one of there suspects is a germophobia. Interesting how they find out the Latin is an accusation towards the church. When they find their Germophobic priest who happens not to be a priest yet. It happened like this, Bobby had started the fire, someone snuck up and startled him. He turned around and beat him into the head, with the flashlight. Bobby confesses to the murder, and tells of a room "the lair" boys went in and came out as lions. The priest would show him pornography, and touch him him. This episode wasn't just wrong in the way that, priests actually do that. I find this episode to disturb me the most because I myself am a Christian.moreless
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lao svu pulls out an unoriginal storyline to wrap up season 3

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By vmkingdomfan, Mar 26, 2007

benson and stabler investigate the death of a transexual. elliots beleifs as a catholic is being shook as he soon learns of sexual abuse in the church

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This story line was very unoriginal. This plot has been done to death. I admit i did like how elliots beleifs were shaken it added something to the plot thats making me not give it a 5. I saw the who dunnit aspect right away. I thought that lao svu would have pulled out something better for the finalemoreless
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Law and Order Special Victims Unit!

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By ourkissgoodbye, Feb 24, 2007

When a 16 year old prositute is found murdered in a church, Benson and Stabler begin their investigation by talking to the preist, Father Michael. After digging into the preist's background, they find that he was acused of abusing some boys at the school he used to teach at. After discovering that there was a church cover up to keep the past of Father Michael hidden, the Detectives begin to suspect that the murder was just an accident, and that there are bigger problems to worry about. This is a good episode. You can tell by this episode that Elliot Stabler tries to live his life by the teachings of the Catholic church. When he first enters the crime scene, he bows before the alter, performing the sign of the cross. During the course of the investigation, you can tell that it tests his faith in the church.moreless
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Dann Florek	Capt. Donald Cragen
Richard Belzer	Det. John Munch
Mariska Hargitay	Det. Olivia Benson
Christopher Meloni	Det. Elliot Stabler
Ice-T	Det. Odafin Tutuola
Stephanie March	ADA Alexandra Cabot

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Rick Johnson	Court Officer	Guest Star
Kris Eivers	Gus Yoder	Guest Star
Christopher Mann	CSU Technician	Guest Star
Judith Light	SVU Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly	Recurring Role
BD Wong	Dr. George Huang	Recurring Role
Tom O'Rourke	Judge Mark Seligman	Recurring Role

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QUOTES (4)
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- (Talking about the rapist who cleaned his 'lower region' using steel wool.)
  Olivia Benson: So he's really clean.
  Elliot Stabler: And really dirty.
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- (Father Michael knows of a priest who molested young boys, but cannot reveal his name.)
  Father Michael Sweeney: What about my vows?
  Elliot Stabler: What about the children?
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- Fin Tutuola: (to a suspect that cringes at his touch) Looks like we got a racist here.
  John Munch: I'm a Jew. Is that better or worse?
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- Alex Cabot: The murder of a transvestite who caught him trying to burn down a Church? I could try that in my sleep.
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- This episode marks the first appearance of Sister Peg.
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- This episode was originally produced for the fourth season, but NBC felt that it was important to show it in light of the Catholic Church scandals.
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- This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of real-life proliferation of Roman Catholic sex abuse cases.
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