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Parents filed a class action against the Roman Catholic bishop of Sonoma dba St. Francis Solano School for threatening to expel students if they use the internet to make “derogatory statements about the school” or its teachers, administrators or pastor, even if true.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Parents filed a class action against the Roman Catholic bishop of Sonoma dba St. Francis Solano School for threatening to expel students if they use the internet to make “derogatory statements about the school” or its teachers, administrators or pastor, even if true.

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