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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 02:02 PM
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Survey: More clergy abuse cases than previously thought
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20040211/ts_usatoday/surveymoreclergyabusecasesthanpreviouslythought

A survey of U.S. Catholic dioceses conducted by the Associated Press and released Tuesday found that 1,341 clergy members have been accused of molesting children since the 1950s. (Related graphic: Scope of accusations broadens)


But the survey found that reports have been released to date by only 80 of the 195 Catholic dioceses in the USA. Among those that have yet to release numbers are large dioceses faced with scores of allegations, including Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago.
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