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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022

Report: 158 Priests in Baltimore Accused of Abusing 600 Victims Over Decades

Author:     Brian Witte
Source:     Insurance Journal
Publication Date:     November 21, 2022
 Link: Report: 158 Priests in Baltimore Accused of Abusing 600 Victims Over Decades
Stephan:   I am publishing this report because although it is getting almost no media coverage, at this moment, all over the world there continue to be ongoing scandals about the sexual dysfunction of Roman Catholic clerics, from a cardinal in France, to dozens of priests in Baltimore, Maryland. Literally thousands of Roman Catholic priests, bishops, and cardinals have been involved over decades in this ongoing scandal which has affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of catholic parishioners, mostly when they were pubescent children. It has cost the church billions but has not really brought the church's fundamental sexual dysfunction into proper consideration. Given that the Roman church is one of the largest religious institutions in the world I see this as an important trend deserving of much more consideration.

An investigation by Maryland’s attorney general identified 158 Roman Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who have been accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years, according to court records filed Thursday.

Attorney General Brian Frosh announced that his office has completed a 463-page report on the investigation, which began in 2019. He filed a motion in Baltimore Circuit Court to make the report public. Court permission is required because the report contains information from grand jury subpoenas. It’s unclear when the court will make a decision.

“For decades, survivors reported sexual abuse perpetrated by Catholic priests and for decades the Church covered up the abuse rather than holding the abusers accountable and protecting its congregations,” according to the court filing. “The Archdiocese of Baltimore was no exception.”

The report, titled “Clergy Abuse in Maryland,” identifies 115 priests who were prosecuted for sex abuse and/or identified publicly by the archdiocese as having been “credibly accused” of sexual abuse. It also includes an additional 43 priests accused of sexual abuse but not […]

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2 Comments

  1. John B Alexander on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 10:24 am

    Catholics are not alone. Recommend watching A Friend of the Family on Peacock and see how the LDS church elders facilitated molestation of many very young girls

    • Rev. Dean on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 2:56 pm

      You are right , John, and add all the rest of the variations of Christian churches. It is abominable how they get away with using the church for very un-Christian personal desires.