A grand jury document unsealed earlier this week reveals that several Pennsylvania-based priests committed assaults in the Greater Toronto Area, while others were sent there for treatment after sexually assaulting children. The reports details hundreds of allegations and incidents in six Catholic dioceses, and discusses 300 priests. The grand jury report released this week found rampant sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by about 300 priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses over seven decades. ( Matt Rourke / AP )It was described as the “largest, most comprehensive report into child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church ever produced in the United States,” by Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania State Attorney General. For example, documents say Reverend Robert G. Wolk and multiple other priests “performed sado-masochistic acts,” with altar boys.

Source: thestar August 18, 2018 17:07 UTC