Clergy sex abuse hotline in Pennsylvania ‘lit up’

HARRISBURG (PA)
CNN

August 17, 2018

By Joe Sterling

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The clergy sex abuse allegations in Pennsylvania have prompted robust feedback from survivors, the state attorney general’s office says.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a tweet earlier this week that the hotline for clergy sex abuse has been “lit up.”

Since Tuesday afternoon, after a grand jury report was released detailing the abuse allegations, Shapiro said Wednesday that more than 150 calls and e-mails poured in.

And since then, the office said Friday, “the hotline remains, live, active and is receiving calls.”

Survivors “are now surfacing to tell their stories and seek justice.”

The hotline number is 888-538-8541.

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