Dark allegations arise amid probe of nun's slaying

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Dark allegations arise amid probe of nun's slaying
Authorities expand investigation to claims of ritualistic sex abuse

By MICHAEL D. SALLAH and MITCH WEISS
BLADE STAFF WRITERS
Sunday, February 20, 2005

For Toledo police, it was a rare assignment: Search an abandoned house on the edge of a cornfield in western Lucas County where people reportedly took part in ritual abuse ceremonies.

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No longer was the probe focusing solely on the man accused of killing Sister Margaret Ann Pahl, but was expanding into a new direction: accusations that children were molested and raped by priests in ritual services.

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The investigation started with the details of the crime scene: an aging nun found strangled and repeatedly stabbed in the sacristy of the hospital chapel, her body posed to look like she was sexually assaulted.

But now, deeper issues have surfaced over accusations of sexual abuse of children in churches and schools by priests and lay members beginning in the late 1960s.

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