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Mass. AG Announces Evidence of Nearly 1,000 Cases of Clergy Sexual Abuse in Trio of Diocese
The 203-page report says more than 270 clerics abused nearly 1,000 children and calls for stronger oversight and transparency.
- On Wednesday, Attorney General Andrea Campbell released a report detailing abuse by more than 270 Catholic clerics against nearly 1,000 children across the Fall River, Springfield, and Worcester Dioceses over a century.
- Investigations beginning in 2019 revealed institutional failures within the Catholic Dioceses, including ignored warnings and transfers of accused priests without disclosure, allowing "widespread abuse" to persist.
- The 203-page report is based on interviews with more than 100 survivors, advocates, and officials. Worcester remains the only diocese without a public list of credibly accused clergy.
- Campbell now urges legislative action, specifically "Eliminating the $20,000 charitable immunity cap for civil claims involving child sexual abuse;" and removing statutes of limitations for survivors.
- State lawmakers are currently considering legislation to implement these reforms, which would provide a two-year window for survivors to file claims previously barred by statute expiration.
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AG Campbell issues report on child clergy sex abuse across three Massachusetts dioceses
Attorney General Andrea Campbell has released a new report detailing nearly 1,000 cases of child sex abuse allegedly committed by 270 clergy across the Fall River, Worcester and Springfield dioceses, first publicly exposed in 2002, and the institutional failures that allowed the abuse to occur and continue.
·Braintree, United States
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New AG report details decades of child sexual abuse, failures in Springfield diocese
The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office released a report detailing its findings following an investigation of child sexual abuse in the Springfield, Fall River, and Worcester Catholic Dioceses.
·Springfield, United States
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