A long-awaited grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania was released today (August 14, 2018), detailing decades of misconduct and cover-ups in six of the state's eight Roman Catholic dioceses, according to the NPR (National Public Radio) website.
The nearly 900-page report paints a horrid portrait of activity that occurred in the dioceses of Scranton, Allentown, Harrisburg, Greensburg, Erie, and Pittsburg, implicating 300 predator priests.
One priest in the Diocese of Harrisburg abused five sisters in a single family. Another, in the Diocese of Greensburg, impregnated a 17-year-old girl, married her, then divorced her a few months later.
The grand jury found credible allegations by more than 1,000 victims, adding, "We believe that the real number... is in the thousands."
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