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Rhode Island AG to unveil long-awaited report on Diocese of Providence clergy abuse
The report details decades of abuse by 75 clergy and over 300 victims, highlighting systemic concealment and recommending reforms including extended legal limits, Attorney General said.
- Attorney General Peter Neronha announced the publication Wednesday of findings from a multiyear investigation into child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Providence that began in July 2019.
- After the Pennsylvania disclosures in 2018, Neronha opened an inquiry in 2019 that secured access to Diocese of Providence records dating to 1950 and reviewed more than 250,000 pages.
- The report finds that 75 clergy were credibly accused of abusing at least 315 children and documents concealment through a 'secret archive,' transfers, and treatment centers such as the Queen of the Clergy Villa in Escoheag, West Greenwich, and the House of Affirmation in Whitinsville, Massachusetts.
- The attorney general urged legislative changes including monitoring accused clergy, a survivors compensation fund, expanded statutes of limitation, and a limited look-back window for the General Assembly.
- The report was designed to prompt a 'full reckoning' in Rhode Island, where nearly 40% of the state's population identify as Catholic, but investigators warn some records were destroyed and victims died before reporting.
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Dozens of Catholic priests molested hundreds of Rhode Island victims over decades, multiyear investigation reveals
Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, getting away with sexual abuse largely due to a system where bishops prioritized minimizing scandal as the diocese maintained a secret archive to conceal the revelation of more victims.
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Investigation finds R.I. Catholic Diocese concealed child sexual abuse through ‘culture of secrecy’ - The Boston Globe
A new report found the Diocese protected accused priests and transferred them to new congregations where they continued to have access to children.
·Boston, United States
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