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<\/p>\n300 Catholic Priests Accused of Monstrous Sex Abuse of More Than 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania Grand Jury Probe: VIDEO<\/b>
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\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has revealed the results of a grand jury probe<\/a> into sexual abuse by the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania and the results are staggeringly sickening.<\/p>\n Vox reports<\/a>: \u2018Some of the priests\u2019 names in the report have been redacted. The report\u2019s release was delayed after several clergy members named in the report filed legal challenges against its publication. Shapiro\u00a0told reporters<\/a>\u00a0at a news conference that the report details \u201csystematic coverup by senior church officials in Pennsylvania and at the Vatican.\u201d\u2026The report<\/a>, which is often graphic and disturbing, details widespread sexual abuse and rape by priests of both female<\/a> and male<\/a> minors, many of whom used the language and rhetoric of their office to convince their victims that their sexual abuse was \u201choly\u201d or desired by God. The breadth of the accusations and the graphic specificity of the charges make the report a watershed moment in the history of abuse in the Catholic Church: one that will take the church decades to recover from.<\/p>\n The Washington Post<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u2018The report is an index of frightful physical and psychological violence. It recounts how one priest allegedly abused five sisters in a single family; how another confessed to raping 15 boys<\/a> as young as 7; how a victim was bound and whipped with leather straps; and how a victim died from an overdose of painkillers taken for a back injury suffered during a particularly violent attack. Most of the victims, the court said, will never be able to pursue cases against their alleged attackers, as state law gives victims of child sex<\/a> abuse until they are 30 to undertake civil suits, 50 to file criminal charges.\u2019<\/p>\n More from The Morning Call<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cThis group of priests used whips, violence, and sadism in raping their victims,\u201d reads one line of the nearly 900-page document, which outlines horrific abuse that occurred in Pittsburgh and five other Catholic dioceses, including Allentown, across the state.<\/p>\n The report said the men<\/a> gave a specific gift to children they favored, something they could wear that would mark them as prime targets for abuse. Zirwas \u201chad told me that they, the priests, would give their boys<\/a>, their altar boys<\/a>, or their favorite boys<\/a> these crosses,\u201d George told the grand jury. \u201cSo he gave me a big gold cross to wear.\u201d<\/p>\n He remembered the rectory photo session as a degrading experience. \u201cIt is still really hard to get it out there that you were in a room when you were 14 or 15 and getting naked<\/a> pictures taken from priests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n However bad you thought the corruption among Catholic clergy and bishops was, the reality is much worse. pic.twitter.com\/AN8gPLwAwo<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) August 14, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The post 300 Catholic Priests Accused of Monstrous Sex Abuse of More Than 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania Grand Jury Probe: VIDEO<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n