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5 October 2018

Oral sex, then holy water: Report documents abuse by US priests

A priest raped a seven-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she'd had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a nine-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy's mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who sexually abused him. Those children are among the victims of roughly 300 Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania who molested more than 1000 children - and possibly many more - since the 1940s, according to a sweeping state grand jury report released on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ Time) that accused senior church officials, including a clergyman who is now the archbishop of Washington DC, of systematically covering up complaints.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/106283531/us-report-identifies-more-than-1000-victims-of-priest-abuse?rm=a