US Catholic Bishops Say Sex Abuse Claims Tripled in 2019
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops said Thursday that the church tallied 4,434 sex abuse allegations against clergy in the 2018-19 audit year, triple the number seen the previous year, with much of the increase stemming from a wave of lawsuits and claims by survivors of decades-old molestation. In the latest annual report on clerical sex abuse, … Read more