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And pushed away by church leaders who prefer to protect their abusers and institution above all. >> priests were raping boys and girls and they headed for records. decades. >> it went on for more than 70 years. one priest admitted to assaulting more than a dozen young boys, and the grand jury identified more than 300 predator priests but almost none will face prosecution due to statute of limitation laws. the report is critical current, cardinal donald wuerl, the former archdiocese of pittsburgh...

In the thousands, all of them raped in some way addressed aside by church leaders who prefer to protect the abusers and their institution above all. >> priests were raping little men and girls of the people of god not only did nothing but hid it all for decades. >> reporter: church leaders kept secret records of the abuse going back 70 years. they are assaulting more than a dozen young boys, the bishop thanking him for helping gods people, the grand jury identified 300 predator priests but none ...

Parishes in pennsylvania and priests regularly move around during their careers giving these abusers the chance to victimize children statewide for decades. >> this problem touched every single diocese in the state and it reaches far beyond pennsylvania. something all 1.2 billion catholics across the planet will have to reckon with. the state attorney general pressed a video giving survivors to talk about in the their own words. >> i grew up in a small western pennsylvania town, johnstown, penns...

Disturbing. more than one thousand children were abused in twisted and sadistic cases of exploitation, some of which included alcohol, whips, and holy water. and the state ag says his office believes there are even more. the grand jury report names 301 priests though some remain redacted but the scope of the abuse is staggering. its staggering because you only get numbers this big if there are systematic coverups going on year after year. >> chushrch officials helped cor up the disgusting abuse ...

Children since the 1950s and likely there are everyone more abusers and vinctims. the report details horrific instances of abuse including a priest raping a seven-year-old girl after she got her tonsils out. the state attorney general calls the silencing of victims a weaponization of faith and cover up of the church systematic. he presented a video and giving them the touopportunity to shar their stories. here is a bit of the video. >> i was first quarterlesatherl. >> we were taught the priest s...

Report, as you know, that have been redacted by the challenges of several of these petitioners, which almost led to the whole blocking of the report. >> whats the argument for that? how can you possibly argue for that to have it redacted? >> it is frankly a disingenuous argument being made by these collaborators and abusers, that they do not have a certain level of due process, even though the commonwealth and attorney general followed the grand jury statute to the letter in this investigation. ...

I turn to cardinal donald wuerl, this guy spent 18 years as the bishop in pittsburgh. the defactor bishop in the united states. can this guy stay in this position? does the buck not have to stop somewhere? >> from what cardinal wuerl says, from 1990 on, he really put in a process to identify abusers and get them out of ministry, long before the usccb, the united states conference of catholic bishops came down with its own plan. however, in the report, he is criticized for what happened basically...

Survivor to share their story. if i waited a week later, it would become an issue between a democrat and a republican. i take her at her word for that. this is difficult to talk about. the fact is, to your point, this comes in the wake of the #metoo movement, countless allegations about others in power. i just want to note, groups have to make choices. youre right. keith ellison has a pedigree with the progressive movement. some groups have to make choices, not knowing where this ends up fact wi...

The report states that the testimony of dozens of witnesses and half a million pages of internal documents subpoenaed. it also state that is there were credible allegations found at least over 300 priests, over 1,000 child victims identifiable and believed that the true numbers are in the thousands. the report states most of the victims were boys but girls were also victims. some were teens, some were younger, some were manipulated with alcohol or pornography. they were raped in various forms an...

Hospital after she had her tonsils out. grand jurors found that church leaders in every part of the state preferred to protect the abusers and institutions above all. >> they wanted to cover up the cover-up. they sought to do the same thing that senior church leaders in the diocese we investigated have done for decades. bury the sexual abuse by priests upon children and cover it up forever. >> jake, the report describes a priest who quit after being the subject of many child abuse complaints but...