Iowa Attorney General’s Report Reviews Dozens of ‘Overwhelming’ Sex-Abuse Complaints Against Catholic Priests
In Iowa as in the rest of the country, the incidence and duration of sexual abuse by clergy “were overwhelming” and the cover-up “extensive” in earlier decades, a report by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office that was released Wednesday concludes. A yearslong investigation by the office reviewed nearly 50 complaints of sexual abuse against current … Read more