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TIL: Sabrina Erdely (the lady who wrote the Rolling Stone UVA Rape hoax) wrote a story for Rolling Stone in 2011 about a boy who was raped by 2 priests and a school teacher. All 3 were sent to jail. Turns out the story was also false.

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