A new report has revealed that than 600 children were abused by Archdiocese of Baltimore leaders and clergy over an 80 year span …
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00:00Officials uncovered, quote, decades of child sexual abuse and cover-up by church leadership
00:05in Baltimore, according to a new report from Maryland's attorney general. It accuses over
00:10150 Catholic priests, deacons, reverends, and other archdiocese of Baltimore clergy members
00:16of sexually abusing more than 600 children over an 80-year span.
00:21What we learned is that the incontrovertible history
00:26uncovered by this investigation is one of pervasive, pernicious, and persistent abuse
00:32by priests and other archdiocese personnel.
00:35The report also details how many leaders and members of the Catholic Church in Baltimore
00:39covered up the horrific allegations of misconduct and protected abusers.
00:44The findings come after a four-year investigation into hundreds of allegations of child sexual
00:48abuse by the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The 456-page report, which focuses
00:55largely on the years before 2002, includes accounts from victims and specific details
01:00about the abuses or abusers. One particular deacon, for instance, admitted to molesting
01:05more than 100 children. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the oldest Roman Catholic
01:10diocese in the country and was established 233 years ago in 1789.