The Catholic church’s grim history of ignoring priestly pedophilia – and silencing would-be whistleblowers

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Widespread public shock followed the recent release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report that identified more than 1,000 child victims of clergy sexual abuse. In fact, as I know through my research, the Vatican and its American bishops have known about the problem of priestly pedophilia since at least the 1950s. And the Church has consistently silenced would-be whistleblowers from within its own ranks.In the memory of many Americans, the only comparable scandal was in Massachusetts, where, in 2002, the ...

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