45 states looking to pursue Catholic church for documents on abuse by priests, Pennsylvania attorney general says

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45 states looking to pursue Catholic church for documents on abuse by priests, Pennsylvania attorney general says​

KEVIN JOHNSON | USA TODAY

Updated 3:09 p.m. CST Dec. 17, 2018

WASHINGTON – Law enforcement officials from up to 45 states have sought assistance from Pennsylvania authorities in pursuit of alleged misconduct by Catholic priests and related efforts to conceal that abuse by the church, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.

Shapiro, in an interview with USA TODAY, said the surge of outside inquiries has come just in the past four months since a landmark state grand jury investigation found that more than 300 “predator” priests had abused at least 1,000 victims across six decades.

Since August, the attorney general said, Pennsylvania authorities have joined forces with their counterparts across the country, helping them craft search warrant applications and grand jury subpoenas.

Fourteen state attorneys general so far have publicly acknowledged that they have launched separate clergy abuse inquiries, while the U.S. Justice Department is in the midst of a broader review . . .
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45 states looking to pursue Catholic church for documents on abuse by priests, Pennsylvania attorney general says

Pennsylvania authorities have joined with their counterparts across the U.S., helping craft search warrant applications and grand jury subpoenas.
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This is great and all but when the heck are they going to apply this great burning for the truth to Protestant churches, public school systems, etc
 
That is not part of their agenda. In some states they are pushing legislation to remove statute of limitations on civil lawsuits, but exempting all public schools and government authorities. Thus, attorneys are targeting Guess Who.
 
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They might as well get it all overwith now and exhaust the political mileage they are all no doubt seeking to get from this whole business. If these state officials cared so much about victims, they’d have been doing this literally decades ago. They are just feathering their own nests at a politically expedient moment.
 
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