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DOJ Opens Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse in PA Catholic Churches

HeadlineOct 19, 2018

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania involved in the cover-up of widespread systematic child sexual abuse among its clergy—the first statewide federal investigation of its kind. The Justice Department is also investigating the diocese in Buffalo, New York.

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