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BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

MHB Conant, center, leads a song while hundreds in the 'Support the Sisters' march come up Broadway towards Madison Street in Seattle Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. The movement is a show of support for nuns and the Leadership Council of Women Religious, who have come under scrutiny from the Vatican this year.

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Participants in the 'Support the Sisters' march placed their flowers on the lawn of St. James Cathedral in Seattle Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012 at the culmination of the ceremony. The march is a show of support for nuns and the Leadership Council of Women Religious, who have come under scrutiny from the Vatican this year.