Priest puts L.A.'s ex-gang members to work
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Rev. Greg Boyle is the founder of Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries, an organization that gives jobs to young men and women who agree to give up the gang life.
They make T-shirts and tacos, do maintenance and landscaping work, and in the process Boyle says they find a sense of self worth.
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