“ ‘Deserve to know the truth.’ Rhode Island releases clergy sex abuse report”, USA Today, March 05, 2026
“A newly released, scathing report on the alleged sexual abuse of hundreds of children by more than 70 Rhode Island clergy members details the measures Catholic leaders undertook to conceal the magnitude of the scandal.
The over 280-page report was released on Wednesday, March 4, by Attorney General Peter Neronha following a yearslong investigation into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. The report revealed the number of victims, names and number of clergy members who allegedly abused them, and lengths — more extensively than previously known — to which the diocese went to hide their crimes against children.
“Generations of Rhode Island victims, their families, and others who have suffered the impacts of this trauma deserve to know the truth of what occurred,” Neronha wrote in a foreword to his long-awaited report……”
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