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Nov 6, 2015 · By Alex Bregman The film, “Spotlight” is already getting Oscar buzz for its portrayal of one of the most groundbreaking stories in the history of journalism: the Boston Globe’s investigation into the coverup of child sex abuse rampant in the Catholic Church. Ben Bradlee Jr. was the former deputy managing editor at the Boston Globe who oversaw the paper’s investigation by a reporting ...
Apr 5, 2023 · 121. Baltimore’s Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says. Maryland's top prosecutor accused Catholic Church officials in Baltimore on Wednesday of engaging in a yearslong cover-up of the sexual abuse of 600-plus children, some of whom were “preyed upon by multiple abusers over decades."
Apr 5, 2023 · By David K. Li and Corky Siemaszko. Maryland's top prosecutor accused Catholic Church officials in Baltimore on Wednesday of engaging in a yearslong cover-up of the sexual abuse of 600-plus ...
Feb 20, 2024 · One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or otherwise recorded, that underscored the utter dysfunction of the Catholic Church’s response to the global clergy sex abuse scandal. In the main reception room of the Vatican hotel where he lives, Francis met for more than an hour with a Spaniard who as a young seminarian was molested by his ...
Nov 18, 2022 · The sexual abuse scandal has vexed the Catholic Church for 20 years, since The Boston Globe documented the cover-up of widespread sexual abuse in Catholic settings in 2002.
Jun 2, 2023 · The numbers of accused priests and incidents of abuse in the Catholic church peaked between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s, according to a 2011 study. Jason Cohn/Reuters. The nearly 900-page report ...
May 23, 2023 · The Catholic Conference of Illinois says 3.5 million Catholics make up approximately 27% of Illinois’ total population, and that the Church maintains 949 parishes and has 2,215 priests, 1,372 ...
