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Catholic board seeks parishioner-led abuse investigation

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. Seton Hall University has begun an investigation into potential sexual abuse at two seminaries it hosts following misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and other priests. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Catholic board seeks parishioner-led abuse investigation

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Clergy Abuse Seton Hall
FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. Seton Hall University has begun an investigation into potential sexual abuse at two seminaries it hosts following misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and other priests. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Clergy Abuse Seton Hall

Catholic board seeks parishioner-led abuse investigation

by By LISA MARIE PANE , Associated Press - 28 August 2018 19:00-04:00
A committee created in the wake of the clergy sex abuse scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese nearly two decades ago says it's time for lay Catholics to take over investigating the crisis.

The National Review Board says Catholic bishops can't be trusted to independently investigate allegations. They say the church continues to suffer from a top-down mentality that allows abuse to happen and for allegations to be hidden from the public.

But victims of clergy sex abuse say the board's push for a laity-led investigation is a sham and only a criminal investigation like the one conducted recently in Pennsylvania will truly expose the extent of the problem.

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