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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Why the Explosive Report on Catholic Church Abuse Is Unlikely to Yield Criminal Charges

The searing grand jury report issued Tuesday in Pennsylvania that accuses bishops and other Roman Catholic Church leaders in that state of covering up child sexual abuse by more than 300 priests has prompted growing calls for justice, while leaving Americans wondering about the broader impact of the revelations on the church and other institutions.

But a web of legal barriers stands in the way of prosecuting most of the cases, and efforts to ease those barriers have repeatedly run into political opposition and fierce lobbying by the church and other groups. Pennsylvania lags behind many other states in coming to grips with the problem, despite a series of grand jury investigations stretching back 15 years.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jesus said beware of the scribes.

Anonymous said...

Now I understand why the Catholic church wants to help illegal aliens enter the USA, they need new prey.

Anonymous said...

Ten "Hail Marys" and pass the vaseline!