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  "id": 11072488,
  "title": "Nearly 1,000 children were abused at three Massachusetts dioceses, state probe finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/nearly-1-000-children-were-abused-at-three-massachusetts-dioceses-11072488",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T01:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261001/nearly-1000-children-were-abused-at-three-massachusetts-dioceses-state-probe-finds"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 1,000 Massachusetts children over decades, report finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/catholic-clergy-sexually-abused-nearly-1-000-massachusetts-children",
        "published": "2026-09-30T19:53:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "More than 270 priests in Massachusetts abused children over decades, state probe finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/more-than-270-priests-in-massachusetts-abused-children-over-decades",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:48:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Nearly 1,000 children were abused at three Massachusetts dioceses, state probe finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/nearly-1-000-children-were-abused-at-three-massachusetts-dioceses",
        "published": "2026-10-01T00:52:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}