Genesis 13:13
"Maryland's top prosecutor accused Catholic Church officials in Baltimore of engaging in a yearslong cover-up of the sexual abuse of 600-plus children, some of whom were “preyed upon by multiple abusers over decades."
"Time and again, members of the Church’s hierarchy resolutely
"When denial became impossible, Church leadership would remove abusers from the parish or school, sometimes with promises that they would have no further contact with children. Church documents reveal with disturbing clarity that the Archdiocese was more concerned with avoiding scandal and negative publicity than it was with protecting children."
In total, the state found, more than "600 children are known to have been abused by the 156 people included in this Report, but the number is likely far higher."
NBC
