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Clerical sexual abuse

State AGs are investigating sex abuse and the Catholic Church. Here's a status update

News: Clerical sexual abuse

The Pillar
Oct 01, 2021
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A 2010 protest in London. Credit: Jeffrey Blackler / Alamy Photo.

When Pennsylvania’s attorney general began working on a grand jury investigation into clerical sexual abuse in his state, he had no idea what would happen when the report came out.

The project began in 2016. By the time it finished in 2018, a grand jury had reviewed more than 500,000 pages…

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