Mass. AG Announces Evidence of Nearly 1,000 Cases of Clergy Sexual Abuse in Trio of Diocese
The 203-page report says more than 270 clerics abused nearly 1,000 children and calls for stronger oversight and transparency.
- On Wednesday, Attorney General Andrea Campbell released a report detailing abuse by more than 270 Catholic clerics against nearly 1,000 children across the Fall River, Springfield, and Worcester Dioceses over a century.
- Investigations beginning in 2019 revealed institutional failures within the Catholic Dioceses, including ignored warnings and transfers of accused priests without disclosure, allowing "widespread abuse" to persist.
- The 203-page report is based on interviews with more than 100 survivors, advocates, and officials. Worcester remains the only diocese without a public list of credibly accused clergy.
- Campbell now urges legislative action, specifically "Eliminating the $20,000 charitable immunity cap for civil claims involving child sexual abuse;" and removing statutes of limitations for survivors.
- State lawmakers are currently considering legislation to implement these reforms, which would provide a two-year window for survivors to file claims previously barred by statute expiration.
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More than 270 priests in Massachusetts abused children over decades, probe finds
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - More than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses over decades, according to an investigative report the state's attorney general released on Wednesday. ...
Massachusetts releases first-ever clergy sex abuse investigation for Worcester, Fall River and Springfield
Attorney General Andrea Campbell called the report “the first, full public accounting of the abuse, misconduct and institutional failures at the dioceses that allowed the abuse to happen.”
AG Campbell issues report on child clergy sex abuse across three Massachusetts dioceses
Attorney General Andrea Campbell has released a new report detailing nearly 1,000 cases of child sex abuse allegedly committed by 270 clergy across the Fall River, Worcester and Springfield dioceses, first publicly exposed in 2002, and the institutional failures that allowed the abuse to occur and continue.
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