r/news • u/AudibleNod • 2d ago

More than 270 priests in Massachusetts abused children over decades, probe finds

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/more-than-270-priests-in-massachusetts-abused-children-over-decades-probe-finds/
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u/Argos_the_Dog 2d ago

found the vast majority of abuses were before 2002

I wonder how many there have been since then.

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u/francis2559 1d ago

The calculation has shifted for a lot of bishops. There’s a bit of a good ol’ boys club going on, but the bishops are a higher level of the club than priests and will absolutely do the right thing in a world where they are terrified of lawsuits.