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It detailed widespread sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church throughout Pennsylvania, and a “sophisticated” cover-up by senior church officials. Victims of abuse and their families, sometimes visibly weeping, joined Mr. Shapiro on the stage. The report reverberated at the highest levels of the church, with the Vatican expressing “shame and sorrow” over the findings. Now the results of those investigations are rolling out, refocusing attention on the sprawling abuse scandal, and in some cases providing fresh details. The attorney general of Illinois, Kwame Raoul, released a report in May that found more than 450 credibly accused child sex abusers in the Catholic Church in Illinois since 1950.
Persons: Josh Shapiro, Shapiro, , Kwame Raoul Organizations: Catholic Church throughout, Gallup, Catholic Church Locations: Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa, Catholic Church throughout Pennsylvania, United States, Illinois
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