300 Priests Accused Of Sexually Abusing 1,000 Children

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A report of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests has again caused a stir in the United States. It is estimated that at least 300 church members would have abused at least 1,000 minors in the state of Pennsylvania.

Despite the terrifying number of victims, the investigation, revealed last Tuesday, August 14, ensures that the number could be even higher, presuming that many records of the complaints have been lost, in addition to the fact that many of the victims prefer to remain silent. for fear of revealing their testimonies, as reported by the online site of the CNN news network.

Through a press conference offered to reveal the investigation, the attorney general of the state of Pennsylvania, J osh Shapiro, assured that this is the “longest and most complete report made in the United States on sexual abuse of children occurred inside the Catholic Church.

The testimonies of the victims are frightening and some date back to 1947, revealing that abuse has occurred for decades in the Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton districts.

According to the report, a priest abused five sisters from the same family. Another is accused of being involved in sadomasochistic activities with several minors. One more is accused of raping a 7-year-old girl who had been hospitalized with her tonsils and one of the victims remembers that the abuses against her began when she was only 18 months old, these among some of the other aberrant accusations in against the clergy.

“Priests have raped little children and the men of God who were responsible [for the abusers] did nothing about it, they just hid everything, for decades. Monsignors, bishops, archbishops and cardinals have been the most protected. Many, even some names in this report, have been promoted, "says the investigation.

Details of the report also add that the investigation by the authorities began after the perpetrators were accused by the same Catholic Church and the diocese to which the abusers belonged.