PROVIDENCE (RI)
NECN
[documents via NBC 10]
November 21, 2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A group of men and women who claim sexual abuse by priests have accused the Catholic Diocese of Providence of failing to properly investigate more than 800 allegations over the past 20 years.
The Providence Journal reports ( ) that Jeffrey Thomas of Massachusetts and Helen McGonigle, a Connecticut lawyer, said Wednesday they were raped as children.
The Diocese of Providence says it reports clergy sex abuse of minors to law enforcement and is not aware of priests currently in ministry who have “credible allegations” of sexual abuse of minors.
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