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Pennsylvania Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal

A sexual abuse scandal has rocked Catholic churches in Pennsylvania — and after decades in the dark, more than 1,000 victims are telling their stories and demanding justice.

08/15/2018 11:01 PM
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165 comments

  • Brut
    08/15/2018 20:29

    This woman suffered abuses by a church leader and started the #ChurchToo hashtag.

  • Julian P.
    08/15/2018 23:01

    Tell us something we don't already know.

  • Rudy R.
    08/15/2018 23:08

    Stand strong keep vigilant with you from Oregon STAY ON TASK

  • Charlene L.
    08/15/2018 23:09

    This is horrific and a lot of churches assault children! Don’t send your children alone to church!! In fact, don’t go!

  • Daniel J.
    08/15/2018 23:23

    Take the priest and put bullets in their knees and leave them to die in the dessert.

  • Dana A.
    08/15/2018 23:24

    These must be the evil results of making lawful things unlawful and vice-versa... Celibacy = Evil desires put into evil actions

  • Iim M.
    08/15/2018 23:27

    This is like Spotlight movie 😫

  • Chrysa G.
    08/15/2018 23:28

    No surprice but hearing victims of these monsters is always a huge shock. Im certain that this case is just a tiniest example of what is really going on in every Church. And i wonder why the hell parents are still sending their children in these places !?

  • Lorrie D.
    08/15/2018 23:30

    How are people still Catholic? How is that organization still in business? The donations have facilitated abuse.

  • Bobbie U.
    08/15/2018 23:32

    So where was God all that time?

  • Nancy C.
    08/15/2018 23:36

    The religious are gullible people who are easy to manipulate, predators know this and so the flock becomes easy pickings.

  • Shannon R.
    08/15/2018 23:46

    #Metoo

  • Magda O.
    08/15/2018 23:47

    I want to ask who is perfect in this whole world .you me who ?

  • Marina D.
    08/15/2018 23:47

    Billions in settlements ... Where does the money come from 🤔

  • Judith L.
    08/15/2018 23:51

    Catholic churches are not the only churches with pedophiles and rapist just saying.

  • Dixie M.
    08/15/2018 23:54

    I would like to see our country stand up and demand the Catholic Church pull its archbishops, close down its cathedrals, shut down its local presence and leave the country. I would like to see our country confiscate the funds the Catholic Church is holding in this country and hold the money in trust until the Catholic Church accedes to our demands that no child abuser ever be permitted in this country, that the requirement for celibacy of nuns and priests be eliminated, that all clergy who work with children must pass a screening and face regular review, and the church has an open process of discussing pedophilia, sexual and mental abuse with both its clergy and the church members, especially children. Treat this organization like any other country that has done repeated, systemic and covert harm to many of our citizens.

  • Christine S.
    08/16/2018 00:03

    i learned to hate the Catholic church for my own reasons...early on...this is appalling

  • Kevin W.
    08/16/2018 00:03

    Through them in jail. Then tax the churches and house and feed the homeless.

  • Phyllis A.
    08/16/2018 00:08

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  • Caton M.
    08/16/2018 00:10

    This is not a scandal, it was danm near common knowledge. Every modern generation has addressed this in some way To be a known sad truth