ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 22, 2018
By Nassim Benchaabane
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are demanding Missouri’s top prosecutor launch a statewide investigation into alleged sex crimes by Catholic priests.
The call comes on the heels of a grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania that uncovered the widespread abuse of more than 1,000 children by more than 300 priests. The report alleges that bishops and other leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania covered up child sexual abuse over a period of 70 years.
“We believe we have exactly the same issues as they do in Pennsylvania,” said Nicole Gorovsky, a former Missouri assistant attorney general, former federal prosecutor and private attorney who specializes in child sexual abuse cases.
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