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Illinois AG report says nearly 2,000 were victims of clergy sex abuse over 70-year span

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Ill., mother church of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock. / nullCNA Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 15:27 pm (CNA).A report published by the Illinois attorney general s office alleges that 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers sexually abused 1,997 victims within the state s Catholic dioceses over a 70-year period. The report, published May 23, unveils a comprehensive list of "substantiated child sex abuse" allegations, which the attorney general s office compiled with assistance from each of the six dioceses in Illinois. The report covers allegations from 1950 through 2019.Investigators from the attorney general s office reviewed more than 100,000 pages of documents provided by the dioceses related to abuse allegations and policies and procedures on how they dealt with the allegations. They also conducted interviews with diocesan representatives and with numerous victims who made the allegations. T ....

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