![]() ![]() The 800-page report refers to more than 300 priests in six diocese where children were raped, plied with alcohol, or forced to perform for clergymen to produce pornographic material since the mid-1950s.Ĭardinal Donald Wuerl, the former longtime bishop of Pittsburgh who now leads the Washington archdiocese, was among the high-ranking clergy who turned a blind eye to the abuse. The priests would mark out which boys had been groomed for abuse by giving them gold crosses to wear as necklaces. Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania have molested more than 1,000 children and senior church officials, including the now archbishop of Washington, D.C., systematically covered up the abuse.Ī grand jury report released Tuesday reveals the horrific predatory behavior which included making young boys rinse their mouths with holy water to 'purify' them after they were forced to give oral sex to clergymen and the abuse of one boy who was made to pose naked as Jesus while other priests took pornographic pictures. He was accused of helping cover up the abuse Published: 20:04 BST, 14 August 2018 | Updated: 19:03 BST, 15 August 2018Ĭovered up abuse: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, seen here last year, is the former longtime bishop of Pittsburgh who now leads the Washington archdiocese. Two have been charged while others are either dead, previously faced charges, or can't be prosecuted due to statute of limitationīy Associated Press and Jennifer Smith For and Ariel Zilber For and Reuters.The clergymen tried to claim they were 'wrestling' with the children when they were in fact sexually assaulting them.Most of the victims were boys but there are some girls included in the report.The abuse ranged from groping and masturbation to anal, oral and vaginal rape.One group of priests is accused of producing child porn and using whips on children.It puts the 'real number' of child victims 'in the thousands'.The 900 page grand jury report is based on records from six dioceses.Rinsing victims' mouths with holy water and making one boy pose as Jesus: Grand Jury reveals the depravity of 301 priests who sexually assaulted at least 1,000 children - which the Catholic church covered up ![]()
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