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CREDs, CRUDs, and Catholic scandals: experimentally examining the effects of religious paragon behavior on co-religionist belief

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Pages 143-155 | Received 08 Feb 2017, Accepted 02 Feb 2018, Published online: 15 Mar 2018

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