Nearly 1,000 children were abused at three Massachusetts dioceses, state probe finds
BOSTON — More than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses over decades, according to an investigative report the state's attorney general released on Wednesday. The report provided what Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell called the first full public accounting of the abuse and institutional failures that allowed it to…
An investigative report released by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell reveals that over 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses - Fall River, Springfield, and Worcester - over several decades. The report, which provides the first comprehensive public accounting of the abuse and institutional failures, highlights that most of the abuse occurred before 2002, the year the Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation brought national attention to the clergy sex abuse scandal.
The state attorney general's investigation uncovered years of similar issues at these three dioceses, where officials were aware of children being abused by priests and other clerics but chose to protect the church's reputation instead.
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